User blog comment:Death'sapprentice77/Clone Commandos vs. Spartan III's/@comment-771241-20120915054227

I don't agree with the 'expert's opinion' part, however, I do agree that the Clone Commandoes would win (forgive me fellow Halo Fans...). The main factor is that the Spartan-IIIs were ORIGINALLY meant to operate in large numbers, and there'd be no guarantee that they'd survive their missions (Although some, such as the team from Halo Reach, were deemed too valuable for 'suicide missions' and were augmented to the level of Spartan-IIs, the true best of the best of the UNSC).

The Clone Commandoes, on the other hand, were from the start the cream of the crop when it came to Clone Troopers (not including, you know, the ARC Troopers).

Plainly, it was basically down to the original purpose of both that gave the Clone Commandoes the advantage.