Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29965012-20170112023147/@comment-734582-20170115162157

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: And it's definitely not true that sasuke had never seen Rinnegan before, he had already seen it twice(obito and madara) Both barely used it. Naruto however fought Pain, who made extensive use of the paths. Obito primarily used the Rinnegan to subdue the Beasts and Madara primarily used Limbo.

Naruto's powers are more in line with what he had, whereas Sasuke's powers are new to him. even the powers he got (flight, Biju KKG) he saw before. Naruto's road to mastery was significantly shorter.

Anyway, canonically they tied, and if you take away Sasuke's main advantage, he loses simple as that.