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AMD has crossed a $1 trillion market valuation, becoming the fourth US chipmaker to hit that milestone after Nvidia, Broadcom and Micron. Its stock has nearly tripled in 2026, rising from around $223 in January to over $607 currently, fueled by strong AI-driven demand. Intel, despite a 208% year-to-date share gain, remains far behind with a market cap of about $643.5 billion.
A new cost-per-frame analysis comparing current street prices across ten countries shows Nvidia's GeForce lineup has become notably less competitive on value than AMD's Radeon and Intel's Arc cards. While GPU prices have surged broadly over the past month, GeForce models have risen the most, eroding the price-to-performance advantage Nvidia once held at MSRP a year ago. At official MSRP, cards like the Arc B580 and Radeon RX 9060 XT undercut Nvidia at the budget tier, while the RX 9070 XT beat the RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti by double-digit margins in cost per frame.
New cost-per-frame analysis across 10 countries shows Nvidia's GeForce cards have risen in price more sharply than AMD's Radeon or Intel's Arc lineups, eroding Nvidia's value proposition for gamers. At original MSRP, Intel's Arc B580 and AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT offered the best value in the budget segment, while AMD's RX 9070 XT beat Nvidia's RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti on cost per frame in the mid-to-high end.