An Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass in Beijing, China, on August 1, 2025.
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Nvidia on Wednesday became the first company to surpass the $5 trillion market cap milestone, meaning it looms even larger over other stocks and markets.
The stock jumped as much as 5.5% in the session, propelling the chipmaker above that closely watched level. The chipmaker has become a favorite of both Main Street and Wall Street after years of monster gains tied to its leadership within artificial intelligence.
Nvidia’s market cap dwarfs that of other well-known companies, as well as entire sectors and even full international markets. By comparison, the S&P 500‘s average member has a market cap of about $124.8 billion as of Wednesday.
Looking at individual stocks, a $5 trillion market cap is roughly equivalent to that of:
2 Amazons
A worker packages products during a media tour of the Amazon.com Inc. DAB2 fulfillment center in Daytona Beach, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
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6 JPMorgan Chases
A new JPMorgan Chase branch in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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10 Exxon Mobils
An Exxon Mobil gas station in Lorton, Virginia, US, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.
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23 McDonald’s
A sign sits in front of a McDonald’s restaurant on May 13, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
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25 Disneys
A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on April 3, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.
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50 Nikes
Nike shoes are seen in the King of Prussia Mall, as global markets brace for a hit to trade and growth caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose import tariffs on dozens of countries, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 3, 2025.
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96 Ford Motors
Signage at a Ford dealership in Fontana, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025.
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945 Macy’s
A Macy’s store in Miami, Florida, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024.
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3,311 JetBlues
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Oct. 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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Nvidia alone is now also around:
3 times the size of the entire S&P 500 energy sector
Signage outside the Chevron Corp. headquarters in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
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… and more than double the size of the Germany DAX and France CAC indexes
The lettering ‘Boerse Frankfurt’ is seen at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on April 7, 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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— CNBC’s Nick Wells and Fred Imbert contributed to this report.
