head to head
vs
Empire Earth IIIvsSupreme Commander
Empire Earth III leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Supreme Commander leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Empire Earth IIISupreme Commander
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Supreme Commander leans harder on execution: Massive APM demands across strategic-zoom battlefields
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Supreme Commander leans harder on optimization: Streaming economy and build-order efficiency are the backbone
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.