If we were to imagine that VP9 hardware encoding by Nvidia would hold the same standard as their H.265 hardware encoding then we can stop holding our breaths, as we have not missed out on anything of any value what so ever.

For H.265 their encoder is fast, yes, but the quality per bitrate is complete rubbish, requiring higher bitrate than a good H.264 encode yet still contrives the gruesome trick of looking far worse, which entirely offsets all and any point with H.265.