head to head
Team Fortress 2 asks more than Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, and the gap is reads.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Family-friendly class shooter pitting plants against zombies across PvP and co-op.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Class-based team shooter with deep mind games.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Team Fortress 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Team Fortress 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Third-person shooting with forgiving hitboxes
Team Fortress 2
Projectile aim and rocket jumps reward hands
Team Fortress 2 leans clearly harder on reads.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Human opponents adapt in PvP modes
Team Fortress 2
Spy/sniper duels are pure prediction
Team Fortress 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Class ability rolls are minimal
Team Fortress 2
Random crits and spread inject RNG
Team Fortress 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Class counters and map knowledge help
Team Fortress 2
Class loadouts and map routes 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.