VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★

Stock Comparison

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. vs NVIDIA Corporation

Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

AMD · The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Market cap (USD)$810.1B
Gross margin (TTM)50.3%
Operating margin (TTM)11.7%
Net margin (TTM)13.4%
SectorTechnology
IndustrySemiconductors
CountryUS
Data as of2026-05-01
Moat score
74/ 100

Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.

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NVIDIA Corporation

NVDA · Nasdaq Global Select Market

Market cap (USD)$5.2T
Gross margin (TTM)74.2%
Operating margin (TTM)64%
Net margin (TTM)63%
SectorTechnology
IndustrySemiconductors
CountryUS
Data as of2026-05-26
Moat score
98/ 100

Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.

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Comparison highlights

  • Moat score gap: NVIDIA Corporation leads (98 / 100 vs 74 / 100 for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.).
  • Segment focus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has 4 segments (48% in Data Center); NVIDIA Corporation has 2 segments (91.3% in Compute & Networking).
  • Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Quasi-Monopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Strong.
  • Moat breadth: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has 6 moat types across 3 domains; NVIDIA Corporation has 6 across 3.

Primary market context

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Data Center

Market

Global data-center compute semiconductors, centered on x86 server CPUs and merchant AI accelerators

Geography

Global

Customer

Hyperscalers, cloud providers, OEMs/ODMs, enterprises, and supercomputing centers

Role

Fabless processor, accelerator, networking, and adaptive-compute silicon designer

Revenue share

48%

NVIDIA Corporation

Compute & Networking

Market

Global accelerated data center AI compute, networking and autonomous-vehicle AI platforms

Geography

Global, with Q1 FY2027 customer-headquarters revenue 78% United States, 15% Taiwan, 6% China including Hong Kong and 2% other

Customer

Cloud service providers, AI model makers, neoclouds, enterprises, public sector entities, OEMs, ODMs, system integrators and automotive OEMs

Role

Fabless GPU, CPU, DPU, networking, rack-scale systems, software and AI platform provider

Revenue share

91.3%

Side-by-side metrics

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
NVIDIA Corporation
Ticker / Exchange
AMD - The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
NVDA - Nasdaq Global Select Market
Market cap (USD)
$810.1B
$5.2T
Gross margin (TTM)
50.3%
74.2%
Operating margin (TTM)
11.7%
64%
Net margin (TTM)
13.4%
63%
Sector
Technology
Technology
Industry
Semiconductors
Semiconductors
HQ country
US
US
Primary segment
Data Center
Compute & Networking
Market structure
Oligopoly
Quasi-Monopoly
Market share
28.8%-41.3% (estimated)
85.2% (reported)
HHI estimate
5,899
7,373
Pricing power
Moderate
Strong
Moat score
74 / 100
98 / 100
Moat domains
Demand, Supply, Network
Network, Supply, Demand
Last update
2026-05-01
2026-05-26

Moat coverage

Shared moat types

Design In QualificationKeystone ComponentDe Facto StandardBrand TrustEcosystem Complements

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. strengths

Interoperability Hub

NVIDIA Corporation strengths

Capacity Moat

Segment mix

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. segments

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Data Center

Oligopoly

48%

Client CPUs

Duopoly

30.7%

Gaming

Oligopoly

11.3%

Embedded

Oligopoly

10%

NVIDIA Corporation segments

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Compute & Networking

Quasi-Monopoly

91.3%

Graphics

Quasi-Monopoly

8.7%

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Curation & Accuracy

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