QBTS vs NVDA
Side-by-side quantum stock comparison: market cap, share price, classification, and thesis.
Market cap, head to head
Stat-by-stat
| Metric | QBTS | NVDA |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Pure-play | Diversified |
| Segment | Hardware | Software |
| Exchange | NYSE | NASDAQ |
| Country | CA | US |
| Market cap | $7.37B | $5.11T |
| Share price | $20.08 | $210.96 |
| Employees | 216 | 36,000 |
| Sector | Technology | Technology |
| Industry | Computer Hardware | Semiconductors |
Quantum thesis
D-Wave is the only public pure-play on quantum annealing, an approach optimized for combinatorial-optimization problems rather than universal gate-based computation. The company also offers a gate-model roadmap and a Leap cloud service, but its differentiator is annealing hardware that is already in commercial deployment with customers in logistics and finance.
Full QBTS page →Quantum thesis
NVIDIA does not build quantum computers but supplies the GPU-based simulation and hybrid-classical infrastructure used by nearly every serious quantum hardware team. CUDA-Q is its platform for hybrid quantum-classical workloads and increasingly co-located GPU+QPU systems. Treat NVDA as a picks-and-shovels exposure rather than a direct quantum bet.
Full NVDA page →