head to head
vs
Cities in Motion 2vsFactorio
Cities in Motion 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Factorio leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cities in Motion 2Factorio
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Factorio leans harder on execution: Some APM in early hand-crafting; otherwise irrelevant.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 10
Factorio leans harder on optimization: Throughput, ratios, and logistics are the entire game.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.