It's a subjective debate, but many argue Rocket is smarter due to his broader galactic tech knowledge and unparalleled improvisation, creating advanced tech from scraps, while Tony excels in human-level innovation (like the Arc Reactor & time travel), suggesting Rocket's intelligence is more versatile across cosmic engineering, but Tony's focus on specific Earth challenges shows different genius applications. Rocket's mastery of alien tech and ability to instantly upgrade systems often surpasses Tony's, though Tony's breakthroughs (like inventing a new element) are huge feats.
Reed is basically always stated to be smarter than Tony . There are a few exceptions however: Tony beat Reed in chess in six games simultaneously. Reed considers Tony to be the "best builder"
Anyway the answer to your question is: OVERALL ROCKET RACCOON IS SMARTER THAN TONY STARK BECAUSE HES SEEN AND EXPERIENCED MORE!!! However this could potentially change if they both had the same background with the same access to the same technology and experiences….
Mr. Fantastic. He is often stated as the smartest man on Earth, by pretty much everyone except people known to be arrogant like Doom and sometimes Tony Stark. He has galactic level intelligence and there's basically nothing he can't do with his mind.
Tony Stark's IQ is estimated at 270 which means that he is a super genius.
Ironman's is considered around 260. Batman's is a Level 8 Genius Intellect Level. Humans have a Level 3. So take 130 IQ, divide by three, then multiple it by eight.
Rocket is an expert engineer with genius-level intellect when it comes to constructing high-powered weaponry. He is a genetically and surgically modified lifeform containing a cybernetic skeletal structure, enhanced phalange and metacarpal bones, along with a genetically augmented cerebral cortex.
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He knew Tony for a long time. They also fought in a lot of battles together. They were like brothers. On top of that he had all the previous things happened which probably made him even more sad when Tony died.
"The name's Rocket. Rocket Raccoon." Subject 89P13 is a raccoon who was genetically and cybernetically modified by High Evolutionary, giving him enhanced intelligence and the ability to speak.
The three smartest men on the planet are Mr Terrific, Batman and Lex Luthor. Ted Kord is 192, not Bruce Wayne. We are never really given a specific IQ from what I read, but Lex Luthor is the smartest man in DC with an IQ over 250.
Ultimate Iron Man #1 reveals that Tony Stark's genius is the result of an accident his mother (brilliant scientist Maria Cerrera, who is the wife of Tony Stark's father and works for him in research and development before he was born) suffered while she was carrying him in her womb.
His intelligences is on par with Tony Stark's and Reed Richards. His IQ is somewhere around 240 to 250 which is amazing.
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Tony Stark was the second one to try, even joking about ruling Asgard if he lifted the hammer and what he would do as king, but his always overly-confident attitude quickly changed when he realized he couldn't lift the hammer.
In canon Doom was always smarter than Stark is a well known fact. The only person that rivaled him was Reed Richards.
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She is dubbed the "smartest person in the whole world" by Amadeus Cho, implying that she is more intelligent than other geniuses in the Marvel Universe such as Valeria Richards, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, Victor von Doom, Hank Pym, and Cho himself.
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The first F-bomb in the MCU was dropped by Chris Pratt as Peter Quill (Star-Lord) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 during a scene where he tells Nebula to "open the f***ing door," a moment that broke the long-standing PG-13 language barrier for Marvel Studios films and was partially improvised by Pratt.
Rocket is a genius even for space, with an established knowledge base from extremely high level technology. Tony is a much greater genius with a much lower level of technology. Essentially, had the two grown up on the same planet, Tony would be the smarter of the two.
Mister Fantastic acts as the leader and father figure of the Fantastic Four, and although his cosmic ray powers are primarily stretching abilities, his presence on the team is defined by his scientific acumen, as he is officially acknowledged as the smartest man in the Marvel Universe.
historically in the comics stark is one of the 6 most intelligent people on earth. Strange is not on this list but he's probably pretty high up there. The MCU stark also seems to be pretty close to his comic counterpart.
Thanos is considerably smarter than Reed Richards or Tony Stark . Other than worshipping actual Death.....how so? Because its a different universe and a different thanos entirely, and there's nothing shown to indicate that he is anywhere close to the stats of 616.