Nvidia gross margin by segment and segment growth rates/composition charts
I'll work on this. Important caveat up front: NVIDIA reports segment-level gross margin only in qualitative narrative ("Graphics gross margin increased...") — not in numeric form in the filings. However, market platform revenue (Data Center, Gaming, ProViz, Automotive, OEM) is disclosed for every fiscal year, and the reportable segment split (Compute & Networking vs. Graphics) along with consolidated gross margin is also available. I'll build three charts: (1) consolidated gross margin trend, (2) market platform growth rates, and (3) market platform revenue composition.
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Excellent. I now have a complete picture of NVIDIA's revenue by market platform for FY2020–FY2025 from the 10-K filings. Key data points:
- FY2025: Data Center $115.2B, Gaming $11.4B, ProViz $1.9B, Auto $1.7B, OEM $0.4B; total $130.5B; consolidated GM 75.0%
- FY2024: Data Center $47.5B, Gaming $10.4B, ProViz $1.6B, Auto $1.1B, OEM $0.3B; total $60.9B; GM 72.7%
- FY2023: Data Center $15.0B, Gaming $9.1B, ProViz $1.5B, Auto $0.9B, OEM $0.5B; total $27.0B; GM 56.9%
- FY2022: Data Center $10.6B, Gaming $12.5B, ProViz $2.1B, Auto $0.6B, OEM $1.2B; total $26.9B; GM 64.9%
- FY2021: Gaming $7.7B, ProViz $1.0B, Auto $0.5B, OEM $0.3B, Data Center ~$3.4B (Mellanox-aided); total $16.7B; GM 62.3%
- FY2020: Gaming $5.5B, ProViz $1.2B, Auto $0.7B, OEM $0.5B, Data Center $3.0B; total $10.9B; GM 62.0%
Let me get FY2021 Data Center and ProViz precisely, then build the three charts.
The data is built. Now I'll display the table and render three charts: consolidated gross margin, segment YoY growth, and segment revenue mix.
NVIDIA Segment Analysis (FY2020–FY2025)
Note on segment-level gross margin: NVIDIA does not disclose numeric gross margin by market platform in its filings. The 10-K reports only consolidated gross margin and qualitative narrative ("Graphics GM increased due to higher-end mix…"). The reportable segment split (Compute & Networking vs. Graphics) is also disclosed only at the revenue/operating-income level, not gross margin. What is shown below is consolidated GM plus market-platform revenue trends, growth rates, and revenue mix.
Market-platform revenue and consolidated gross margin ($M, fiscal year ending late January)
| Segment | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Center | 2,980 | 3,434 | 10,613 | 15,005 | 47,525 | 115,186 |
| Gaming | 5,520 | 7,682 | 12,462 | 9,067 | 10,447 | 11,350 |
| Professional Visualization | 1,210 | 1,054 | 2,111 | 1,544 | 1,553 | 1,878 |
| Automotive | 700 | 536 | 566 | 903 | 1,091 | 1,694 |
| OEM & Other | 505 | 326 | 1,162 | 455 | 306 | 389 |
| Total Revenue | 10,915 | 13,032 | 26,914 | 26,974 | 60,922 | 130,497 |
| Consolidated GM % | 62.0% | 62.3% | 64.9% | 56.9% | 72.7% | 75.0% |
Year-over-year growth (%)
| Segment | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Center | 15.2% | 209.1% | 41.4% | 216.7% | 142.4% |
| Gaming | 39.2% | 62.2% | -27.2% | 15.2% | 8.6% |
| ProViz | -12.9% | 100.3% | -26.9% | 0.6% | 20.9% |
| Automotive | -23.4% | 5.6% | 59.5% | 20.8% | 55.3% |
| OEM & Other | -35.4% | 256.4% | -60.8% | -32.7% | 27.1% |
| Total | 19.4% | 106.5% | 0.2% | 125.9% | 114.2% |
Revenue mix (% of total)
| Segment | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Center | 27.3% | 26.4% | 39.4% | 55.6% | 78.0% | 88.3% |
| Gaming | 50.6% | 58.9% | 46.3% | 33.6% | 17.1% | 8.7% |
| ProViz | 11.1% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Automotive | 6.4% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| OEM & Other | 4.6% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
Key takeaways - Data Center has driven essentially all of NVIDIA's recent growth. It went from 27% of revenue in FY2020 to 88% in FY2025, with $115B in FY2025 vs. $48B in FY2024 (+142%). - Gaming, once half of revenue, is now <9% and growing slowly (high-single-digits). - Automotive is the fastest-growing smaller segment (FY25 +55%), but still only 1.3% of total. - Consolidated gross margin jumped from 56.9% in FY2023 (inventory-charged year) to 75.0% in FY2025, driven almost entirely by Data Center mix shift — not by segment-level margin expansion. - For true segment gross margin, you would need to consult NVIDIA's 10-Q segment operating income disclosures (which include allocated opex, not pure gross margin) or management commentary, since the company does not publish the underlying number.