This is an eternal dispute. Each of the presented models has both its advantages and its disadvantages, but its not worthwhile to draw a comparative line between them. First of all, this is due to the fact that both AK-74 and M-16 proved that they are the best in the world, not in theory but in practice, and the final choice in favor of a particular model must be made by the military, for whom, strictly speaking, weapon and created.