Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3290849-20160123000240/@comment-734582-20160123170241

Mcpowa wrote: how can sasuke survive a flash bijou dama in the face? Susanoo seems pretty damn tanky. Technically "war arc" Sasuke has Perfect Susanoo. (though quite a bit of power shuffles around during the war arc). Pre-hagoromo gift Sasuke and Naruto seemed pretty equal.

I want to point out however, that it was definitely the intent that they're more or less equal. It obviously varies from point to point (e.g. just prior and after achieving a new jutsu) but at no point were they truly far out of each other's reach.