According to the latest report released by Brand Finance, the world's leading brand evaluation consulting company, Nvidia successfully defended the throne of the world's most valuable semiconductor brand. Its brand value soared 98 percent to $87.9 billion, a figure that is more than two and a half times the brand value of TSMC, the industry's second-largest company.
This remarkable growth is the first time that Nvidia has been ranked among the top 10 most valuable brands in the world since 2014, when the brand valuation record began. In 2014, Nvidia ranked only 424th in the US 500, and last year, Nvidia became the world's fastest-growing brand. In terms of Brand Strength Index (BSI), Nvidia won the title of the world's strongest semiconductor brand in 2025 with a score of 88.9 (out of 100), more than 7 points ahead of Intel. Intel's BSI currently stands at 81.4, a significant change from its position as the strongest brand in the industry in 2024.
Lorenzo Cruzi, Director of Valuations at Brand Finance, said: "The AI space continues to be the focus of controversy, investment and innovation, attracting a lot of attention from venture capitalists and big tech companies. This AI-driven development momentum continues to drive the value of semiconductor brands. Brand Finance's research confirms Nvidia's dominance in the industry, and its data highlights Nvidia's extremely high 'positive contribution' score, which reflects the widespread trust of consumers and its strong reputation in the market. This enduring brand strength not only solidifies NVIDIA's leadership position in the semiconductor industry, but also gives it the potential for continued growth in an increasingly competitive market. Looking ahead, a key issue for the industry is sustainability, which is whether brands can maintain their value over the long term in the face of the rapid development of emerging technologies, including Deepseek. ”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also performed well, ranking third in the world in the 2025 Brand Guardian Index and topping the semiconductor industry CEO rankings. Under Huang's leadership, NVIDIA has not only made great strides in artificial intelligence, but has also made significant advances in areas that promise to reshape the future, such as digital biology, climate science, autonomous driving and robotics. According to Brand Finance, Huang has excelled in terms of visibility, reputation and recognition for his "strategic vision."
Figure: 2025 semiconductor brand ranking list (Source: Brand Finance)
According to the 2025 semiconductor brand ranking released by Brand Finance, the number of brands on the list has expanded from 20 to 30, which intuitively reflects the increasingly fierce competition in the semiconductor industry and the rising influence of emerging companies, especially in Europe. New entrants such as Arm ($1.5 billion) and ASM ($837 million) have made their mark in the industry.
There are many deep-seated reasons behind NVIDIA's long-term dominance in the global semiconductor field. From a technical point of view, NVIDIA continues to deepen its graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, and its developed GPU has incomparable advantages in the field of artificial intelligence computing. The powerful parallel computing power of GPUs can greatly improve the training speed of AI models, which makes NVIDIA stand out in the AI boom and become the first choice of many technology companies and research institutions. For example, OpenAI uses a large number of NVIDIA GPUs when training GPT series models, which greatly accelerates the model training process and improves model performance.
In terms of market strategy, NVIDIA accurately grasps the development trend of the industry and actively lays out emerging fields. With the rise of concepts such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and the metaverse, NVIDIA has increased its R&D investment in these fields in advance and launched a series of targeted products and solutions. Taking autonomous driving as an example, NVIDIA provides automakers with high-performance computing platforms to help cars achieve higher-level autonomous driving functions, thus occupying a significant share of the smart car market.
Brand building is also one of the key factors in NVIDIA's success. Through long-term technological innovation and high-quality products and services, NVIDIA has established a good brand image and won a high degree of trust from consumers. Its brand has a high reputation and reputation around the world, and customers are highly loyal to NVIDIA products. This makes NVIDIA more resilient to risks in the market competition, and even in the face of new competitors, it can consolidate its market position with brand advantages.
In terms of talent training and attraction, the company has attracted the world's top technical and management talents by virtue of its good development prospects and superior working environment. These talents provide a constant source of motivation for NVIDIA's continued innovation, ensuring that the company remains at the forefront of industry technology.
Although Nvidia currently dominates the global semiconductor space, competition in the industry is intensifying, and new competitors are emerging. In the future, if NVIDIA wants to continue to stay ahead, it still needs to continue to increase R&D investment, continue to innovate, and actively respond to the challenges of industry change and sustainable development.
