F-10 vs Gripen NG

As mentioned in the Pakistan thread Pakistan has ordered 36 J-10:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c42d66b0-cdd0-11de-95e7-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html?nclick_check=1

And India may get Gripen NG…

So, how do those two compare? Any thoughts?

J-10 (Wikipedia)
Crew: 1 (basic), 2 (trainer variant)[7]
Length: 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Height: 4.78 m (15.7 ft)
Wing area: 39 m² (419.8 ft²)
Empty weight: 8,000–9,730 kg (17,637–21,451 lb[33])
Loaded weight: 18,500 kg (40,785 lb [34])
Useful load: 4,500 kg (9,920 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,500 lb[7])
Powerplant: 1× Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN or WS-10A Taihang turbofan
Dry thrust: 79.43 kN / 89.17 kN (17,860 lbf / 20,050 lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 122.5 kN[7] / 129.4 kN (27,557 lbf / 29,101 lbf)

Maximum speed: Mach 1.9 at altitude[7], Mach 1.2 at sea level[4]
g-limits: +9/-3 g (+88/-29 m/s², +290/-97 ft/s²[4])

Combat radius:
On hi-lo-hi mission: 2,540 km (1,370 nautical miles) with 4,000lb/1,814kg bombload and two air-to-air missiles [35]
On lo-lo-lo mission: 1,310 km (710 nautical miles with 4,000lb/1,814kg bombload and two air-to-air missiles [35]
Maximum range (without refueling): 3,400 km (2,113 mi[7]) ()
Service ceiling: 20,000 m (65,600 ft[4])
Wing loading: 335 kg/m² (64 lb/ft²)
Minimum thrust/weight: 0.98

Armament
Guns: 1× 23mm twin-barrel cannon
Hardpoints: 11 in total (6× under-wing, 5× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 6,000 kg (13,228 lb) external fuel and ordnance [36],
Rockets: 90 mm unguided rocket pods
Air-to-air missiles: PL-8, PL-9, PL-11, PL-12
Others:
Up to 3 external fuel drop-tanks (1× under-fuselage, 2× under-wing) for extended range and loitering time

Avionics
NRIET KLJ-10 multi-mode fire-control radar (Pakistan may get the GRIFO-2000/16 also used as a replacement of the APG-66 radar on the F-16.)
Externally-mounted avionics pods:
Type Hongguang-I infra-red search and track pod
BM/KG300G self-protection jamming pod
KZ900 electronic reconnaissance pod
Blue Sky navigation/attack pod
FILAT (Forward-looking Infra-red Laser Attack Targeting) pod

Gripen NG:
Length: 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 30.0 m² (323 ft²)
Empty weight: 7000 kg
Max takeoff weight: 16,500 kg
Internal fuel: ca. 3500 kg
Payload: 6500 kg
Powerplant: 1× F414G
Dry thrust: 65.7 kN (??) (14,770 lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 98 kN (22,000 lbf)
Wheel track: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Number of Stations 10
Length (two-seater): 14.8 m (48 ft 5 in)

Combat radius: 1,300 Km + 30 minutes on station with A2A weapons.
Range (one-way): 2,500 Km on internal fuel
Ferry range (one-way): 4,075 Km with external fuel
Combat Radius estimate: 1,800 km with A2A weapons
Supercruise mach 1.2 w. 4 AMRAAMs, 2 Sidewinders, one drop-tank
12-missile capability

Radar: Selex Vixen 1000SE
IRST
EW suite: Radar Warning Receivers, Missile Approach Warning System,
Laser Warning System, Counter Measure Dispensers, Internal Jammer, Jammer Pod & Towed Decoy
Display system: HUD, HMD, HDD
Datalink: Link-16, TIDLS
Tactical and Strategic recon pod
Litening Laser Designator pod
Video downlink
SatCom
Sensor Fusion
RCS: < 0.1 m2

A2A missiles: AIM-9, AIM-120, IRIS-T, Meteor,…

My guess:

The Selex Vixen will outclass the Selex Gripo 🙂 Also the rest of the Gripen avionics will most likely be stronger than the J-10. Gripen will have lower RCS and IR signature.

And also importantly, the Gripen missiles will most likely have a slightly higher Pk. AFAIK PL-8 is more or less the Python 3, and PL-12 is said to be “slightly inferior to AIM-120C”.