Eh, I think that's quite the opposite of objectively.
How good a phone is, is very much subjective. What you value in a phone, I may not care for at all, and vice versa.
For example, I weight user experience, speed, fluidity etc as of utmost importance. Having owned a Note 7 very recently before the recalls, I personally think the Pixel is far, far superior to use on that respect. That's a subjective opinion of mine and you may very well disagree, which is great - we all have different views on these things.
I think 'doing more' doesn't necessarily translate to 'better'. At least to me it doesn't. Sure I could 'do more' on the Note 7 than I can with the Pixel, especially with the pen functions, but ultimately that doesn't matter to me. I enjoy using the Pixel more than I did the Note 7. Quite a bit more. The Note 7 had iris scanning functionality, again another feature the Pixel didn't have, but again, completely irrelevant to me. I used it once, didn't like it and never used it again.
I like the more focused approach of the Pixel and the value add it provides (Assistant, unlimited photo/video backup, fastest software updates, fastest security updates) I find those things comforting.
I mean I could argue till I'm black and blue that the Pixel is better than the iPhone 7 to an iPhone user, but that doesn't mean I'm right. That person may prefer the iPhone's ecosystem and everything it has and that's perfectly ok.
It's good to have different opinions, because we can discuss and share our ideas, but I don't think coming in and declaring that X device is better than Y, as if it's some fact of truth that is known, is really useful or helpful to anyone here.
This is another thing I take issue with - rating phones based off spec sheets. I don't agree with that because phones are more than just a sum of their parts. You need to use a phone as your daily driver for a period of time to really get a feel for the phone, a feel for what it's strengths/weakenesses are to make a judgement on it.
I don't think rattling off a bunch of specs for a phone and saying one is better than the other is right. If that were the case, then every phone with a Snapdragon 820 should perform the same and provide the same experience when it comes to speed/fluidity, but very clearly that is not the case. You get very varied experiences with phones despite them having the same processor, same amount of ram etc; so where's the value in that intangible aspect?