They are so close its all in the tuners hands. RKT has better porting for the SW and says it makes more power after porting but stock the slp might be a little more on the power. RKT said once 225hp out of a full on head, ported, everything with SW. and I've heard 215hp on the slp with porting but I don't think its as extreme as rkt's setup. So very close I have 2 long seasons on the SLP and love and its put out impressive result. To compare to a SW the only way I could say for sure is if I installed it on my own sled to tune my way. Either If you go with one of these you will be happy. For simplicity if you can get a slp with a preprogrammed powercomander, such as the PC3 thats what I would do. every one says its a pull and go setup, but I take every thing as hearsay.