head to head
vs
Tekken 7vsVirtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
Tekken 7 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Tekken 7Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads9 vs 9
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown leans harder on optimization: Frame data study and throw-tech percentages are among the deepest in the genre
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.