head to head
vs
Cookie ClickervsExapunks
Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Exapunks leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cookie ClickerExapunks
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Exapunks leans harder on execution: Typing EXA instructions needs no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 0
Cookie Clicker leans harder on variance: Golden cookie timing randomness
Optimization9 vs 10
Exapunks leans harder on optimization: Writing minimal efficient EXA programs to manipulate each network puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.