While they did achieve space-faring capabilities, that argument is rendered utterly obsolete by the the fact that the Cabal have done the same thing, except much better. While the Cabal have a huge and (supposedly) unified Empire across space, the Brutes plagued themselves with civil conflict in the first immolation, which ravaged their homeworld and nearly caused their own race to go extinct. The Brutes' own violent and savage nature literally almost got all of them killed. By the time the Covenant found them, their civilisation was only just redeveloping. Cabal are also masters of planetary engineering, and can easily be considered to be far more advanced than the Brutes ever were in their own. Jiralhanae piggybacked ion the covenant's success, while the Cabal did it all by themselves. I may have a slight bias, but the facts weigh up in the Cabals' favour.

And it does. Cabal do posses more advanced technology, but that is not the question of the poll. I ask for 20 brutes vs 20 cabal. Not "who has the most advanced rockets". My previous was a statement and counter that proves that brutes arent just dumb gorillas.

I'd still have to give the 20v20 to the Cabal. Weapon damage would be very similar, but the Cabal have more mobility, and IRL, I'd argue that they're better protected since their armour covers 100% of the body, unlike the Brutes. I imagine the Jiralhanae would have a considerable edge over the Cabal in CQC, but in most engagements, they'd be whittled down by gunfire before getting that close to stand a chance.

Brutes are extremely durable, without armor. Able to survive heavy machine gun salvos to the face. Even on lower difficulty brutes can easily survive a direct hit from a rocket or grenade launcher. Getting close wont be a problem, since there are no collosi involved in the brawl.

Except the Cabal can easily keep their distance and return fire with their thruster abilities.

Which the twice is big and heavy brutes tank. Besides, brutes do not only have gravity hammers. Theres : Grenade launcher Plasma launchers Plasma casters Plasma rifles Spike grenades

True, but Cabal have their own similar weapons to counter.