head to head
vs
Dead or Alive 6vsUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Dead or Alive 6 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Dead or Alive 6Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans harder on execution: Long touch-of-death combos demand elite hands
Reads8 vs 8
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.