head to head
vs
SimCity 3000vsTIS-100
SimCity 3000 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); TIS-100 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
SimCity 3000TIS-100
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
SimCity 3000 leans harder on execution: Point-and-click planning; pause anytime.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 0
SimCity 3000 leans harder on variance: Random disasters and neighbor deal timing.
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.