Wonder what’s more profitable now? Is there like a hardware comparison chart?
I have not seen a comparison chart, and I dont think there is a general way to be sure.
Protoshares are more expensive, but they have more miners.
Personally, what I would do is spend a day mining primecoins, and another day mining protoshares, and then see which one would get you more money in that amount of time.
EDIT: Protoshares hardware comparison: jhProtominer - CPU and collisions/min charts
Why not mine both and see what you get more of in a 24 hour period in USD$$?
here is some super simple software to do just that.
http://www.reviewoutlaw.com/best-cpu-mining-software-simple-alt-coin-gui-miner/