ETF comparison
IXN vs VGT
Both Technology.
iShares Global Tech ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
74 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXN and VGT would leave roughly 71.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGT is 28 bps cheaper than IXN. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IXN.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IXN vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
74 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXN | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 12.96% | 16.82% | 12.96% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 11.36% | 14.57% | 11.36% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 7.41% | 9.46% | 7.41% |
| 4 | BROADCOM INC. | 4.78% | 4.21% | 4.21% |
| 5 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 4.63% | 4.20% | 4.20% |
| 6 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 3.37% | 3.21% | 3.21% |
| 7 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.35% | 2.03% | 2.03% |
| 8 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.65% | 1.85% | 1.65% |
| 9 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.93% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 10 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 2.04% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 11 | KLA CORPORATION | 1.40% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 12 | SANDISK CORPORATION | 1.20% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
Only in IXN
54 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 5.08%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 3.88%
- SK hynix Inc. 3.35%
- ASML Holding N.V. 2.73%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.81%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.77%
- SAP SE 0.56%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.53%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.50%
- Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 0.47%
Only in VGT
243 total- Snowflake Inc 0.36%
- Cloudflare Inc 0.34%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.28%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.22%
- Twilio Inc 0.18%
- Strategy Inc 0.18%
- Okta Inc 0.16%
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.16%
- Zoom Video Communications Inc 0.16%
- MongoDB Inc 0.16%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IXN
More comparisons with VGT
- VGT vs SMH · VanEck Semiconductor ETF 40.9%
- VGT vs AIQ · Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF 35.4%
- VGT vs SOXX · iShares Semiconductor ETF 30.7%
- VGT vs QTUM · Defiance Quantum ETF 23.3%
- VGT vs IGV · iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF 22.2%
- VGT vs PSI · Invesco Semiconductors ETF 22.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open IXN or VGT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.