In terms of physical strength alone, Beast is definately stronger than Cap. Caps entire thing is that hes peak human, the pinnacle of what a human being can possibly be physically. Beast is superhuman in his strength, which is above peak human. Id give Cap the win over Beast in a fight, but just strength vs strength, Beast definately takes it.
Well Im sure hes been shown to push himself into the superhuman arena, though the very basis of Cap is that hes the peak of human physical perfection, thats what the SSS does. If Caps been shown to go superhuman in feats its probably more due to him pushing himself beyond his limits. Beast on the other hand has gone from 2 ton strength to 10 - 20 to 80+ tons (though that was during a specific run where he got dumber as he got stronger).
I was re-reading some of the earlier X-Factor issues and there are some feats there in his human form that could help Beasts argument here.
That was before Pestilence messed with him and he became strong enough to help the Grey Hulk and Thing pry open the High Evolutionary's prison (Grey Hulk and Thing tried together and they couldn't)...so that boost was significant anyway.
Originally posted by namorsubby
Cap is a human. Having super human or meta human strength means having strength beyond what is humanly achievable.Seriously, no ones closed this yet?
by feats Cap is easily in the super human category, but i guess someone like you doesnt care too much about feats right? you got your wiki collection and its all that matters, present me feats of current beast being superior to Captain america in the strength department , i will spank your ass once again with the feats 😆