head to head
vs
Age of Empires II: HD EditionvsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Empires II: HD EditionCommand & Conquer: Red Alert
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on reads: PvP skirmish rewards predicting enemy pushes
Variance2 vs 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on variance: Fog of war conceals army composition
Optimization9 vs 8
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans harder on optimization: build orders and economy are near-solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.