Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Dumbledore wins this one for sure.Voldemort was forced to escape Albus when they fought in the Mystery Department.
To be fair though, that had less to do with Dumbledore and more to do with Harry.
To put it another way, Dumbledore was some uber magical genius before he got the invincible wand. If he was that awesome the "burden" of protecting Harry during the fight wouldn't have been much of a burden at all.
When it comes to skill Dumbledore is superior probably, but sheer raw power...Voldemort still had the most out of anybody we saw in HP.
I just don't think Dumbledores skill is so way above Voldemorts that it bridges the power gap.