Nvidia vs Tesla: $1,000 invested since 2023
NVDA vs TSLA · Data through 2026-07-01
$1,000 invested in 2023 would be worth
NvidiaWinner
$10,300+930.0%
Tesla
$1,797+79.7%
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,922(+92.2%)
Growth of $1,000
Nvidia vs. Tesla vs. S&P 500, 2023 to present
Year-by-year comparison
Nvidia vs. Tesla, 2023 to present
| Year | Nvidia | Tesla |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | $3,151 | $1,081 |
| 2025 | $6,150 | $2,336 |
| 2026 | $9,793 | $2,485 |
Which came out ahead
From a $1,000 stake at the start of 2023, Nvidia (NVDA) came out ahead of Tesla (TSLA). That $1,000 grew to $10,298 in NVDA versus $1,797 in TSLA as of 2026-07-01, about 5.7x the ending value.
Stacked side by side, the totals tell the same story. Nvidia returned +929.8% against Tesla at +79.7%, a gap of about 850.1 percentage points over the 3.7-year window. Compounded, that is about 88.9% a year for NVDA against 17.3% for TSLA.
Nvidia cleared a plain S&P 500 fund over the same span while Tesla fell short of it. The index would have grown that $1,000 to about $1,922, compounding near 19.5% a year. In a window this short, one strong or weak stretch can swing the result more than a long-run average would. 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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