head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Optimising a strict social calendar and fusion economy against scripted dungeon combat.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A kingdom-management narrative where you ration gold and favors as a beleaguered king.
Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yes, Your Grace leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Persona 3 Portable leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Persona 3 Portable
Menu-driven combat needs no physical skill
Yes, Your Grace
Menu choices only
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Persona 3 Portable
Shadows follow scripted weakness patterns, never adapt
Yes, Your Grace
Petitioners are scripted, not adaptive
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Persona 3 Portable
Tartarus layouts and fusion results carry randomness
Yes, Your Grace
Outcomes of choices hidden on first run
Persona 3 Portable leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Persona 3 Portable
Calendar scheduling and persona fusion form a solvable system
Yes, Your Grace
Resource budgeting across known story beats is solvable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.