Which was the better investment since 2015, Bitcoin or Nvidia?

Nvidia was the better investment. $1,000 invested in Nvidia in 2015 would be worth $434,344 today, compared to $268,280 for Bitcoin.

What would $1,000 in Bitcoin vs Nvidia be worth today?

$1,000 invested in Bitcoin in 2015 would be worth $268,280 today (+26728.0%). The same $1,000 in Nvidia would be worth $434,344 (+43334.4%).

How do Bitcoin and Nvidia compare to the S&P 500 since 2015?

The same $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 in 2015 would be worth $4,521 today (+352.1%). Bitcoin returned $268,280 and Nvidia returned $434,344 over the same period.

Bitcoin vs Nvidia: $1,000 invested since 2015

BTC-USD vs NVDA · Data through 2026-07-01

Investment amount

$1,000 invested in 2015 would be worth

Bitcoin

$268,285

+26728.5%

NvidiaWinner

$434,478

+43347.8%

The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,521(+352.1%)

Growth of $1,000

Bitcoin vs. Nvidia vs. S&P 500, 2015 to present

Year-by-year comparison

Bitcoin vs. Nvidia, 2015 to present

Year	Bitcoin	Return	Nvidia	Return	S&P 500
2015	$1,000	-	$1,000	-	$1,000
2016	$1,696	+69.6%	$1,551	+55.1%	$991
2017	$4,462	+163.1%	$5,836	+276.3%	$1,189
2018	$47,001	+953.3%	$13,191	+126.0%	$1,502
2019	$15,901	-66.2%	$7,736	-41.4%	$1,466
2020	$42,998	+170.4%	$12,773	+65.1%	$1,780
2021	$152,275	+254.1%	$28,117	+120.1%	$2,086
2022	$176,963	+16.2%	$53,047	+88.7%	$2,570
2023	$106,405	-39.9%	$42,365	-20.1%	$2,359
2024	$195,815	+84.0%	$133,478	+215.1%	$2,845
2025	$470,906	+140.5%	$260,556	+95.2%	$3,591
2026	$361,536	-23.2%	$414,872	+59.2%	$4,178

Which came out ahead

From a $1,000 stake at the start of 2015, Nvidia (NVDA) came out ahead of Bitcoin (BTC-USD). That $1,000 grew to $434,344 in NVDA versus $268,280 in BTC-USD as of 2026-07-01, roughly $166,065 more in the end.

The headline returns line up with the dollar figures. Nvidia returned +43,334% against Bitcoin at +26,728%, a gap of about 16,606 percentage points over the 11.6-year window. Compounded, that is about 68.9% a year for NVDA against 62.1% for BTC-USD.

Both holdings beat a plain S&P 500 fund over the same span, which would have turned that $1,000 into about $4,521 at roughly 13.9% a year. Volatility was not shared evenly. Bitcoin moved across a far wider band of yearly returns than Nvidia did. All figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.

None of this recommends one holding over the other. It is historical math, and past performance does not guarantee future results.

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