Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25498052-20141004162612/@comment-1514283-20141103210005

Naruto is undeniably stronger. He was nerfed from the get-go and held back whilst Sasuke went at him with the intention to kill. Sasuke had to use the chakra of all nine bijū to make him go serious, and even then Naruto seemed to have the upper hand in base mode whilst Sasuke had the use of his Sharingan.

In 698, it even seems like Sasuke implied Naruto could have avoided blowing his own arm off.

Naruto was clearly the superior combatant in that fight.