head to head
Cookie ClickervsTIS-100
Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); TIS-100 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cookie ClickerTIS-100
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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
TIS-100 leans harder on optimization: Pure program optimisation against cycle histograms
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

