Bitcoin vs Nvidia: $1,000 invested since 2023
BTC-USD vs NVDA · Data through 2026-07-01
$1,000 invested in 2023 would be worth
Bitcoin
$2,521+152.1%
NvidiaWinner
$10,254+925.4%
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,916(+91.6%)
Growth of $1,000
Bitcoin vs. Nvidia vs. S&P 500, 2023 to present
Year-by-year comparison
Bitcoin vs. Nvidia, 2023 to present
| Year | Bitcoin | Nvidia |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | $1,840 | $3,151 |
| 2025 | $4,426 | $6,150 |
| 2026 | $3,398 | $9,793 |
Which came out ahead
From a $1,000 stake at the start of 2023, Nvidia (NVDA) came out ahead of Bitcoin (BTC-USD). That $1,000 grew to $10,252 in NVDA versus $2,521 in BTC-USD as of 2026-07-01, roughly $7,731 more in the end.
Stacked side by side, the totals tell the same story. Nvidia returned +925.2% against Bitcoin at +152.1%, a gap of about 773.1 percentage points over the 3.6-year window. Compounded, that is about 91.5% a year for NVDA against 29.4% 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 $1,916 at roughly 19.9% a year. The two paths differed in how rough they were. Nvidia moved across a far wider band of yearly returns than Bitcoin 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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