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I felt that above all else this was intended to differentiate the two. Hulk literally just smashes when he fights. Pure reflexes, strength, and rage. Thanos tuned him up with some of the highest level striking, timing, and coordination ever witnessed. Even if he requires the Power Stone to possess more strength than the Hulk the more terrifying difference is that he is not a mindless beast when he possesses it.
Part of why I have so quickly gained an admiration for this movie when I didn't think that highly of it after watching it in the theaters is in analyzing it more closely I have noticed how much depth there is to it, artistically, and one way the movie achieves this is in how it contrasts Thanos to each of our major heroes.
Notice that when Ebony Maw presents Thanos with the Tesseract that Thanos sheds his ceremonial battle armor. It's a moment of evolution. He no longer needs it. Meanwhile, The Hulk, shellshocked by his loss, is forced to assume Tony's "Hulkbuster" suit later in the movie-- to adorn armor. This is a devolution.
My biggest question mark is still Goldblum's character. I think I mentioned this before, but I think he is a Celestial or a Cosmic Entity, most likely the former, and an incredibly powerful being. In the post-credits scene of Ragnarok we are left with one last laugh, and the implication that he is about to be torn apart by the revolution--by the mob-- that has successfully captured him. I think not. I think all of his pretenses are exhausted, a defense mechanism intended to deceive those who would threaten him into underestimating him, and so now he must show his true face. He massacres them all. I am confident he didn't die, even if he was taken prisoner, which didn't seem to be the mob goal, but his most likely next appearance will be in the 3rd Guardians movie, and not so significant in the main line. I imagine he will be coming after Thor and Hulk in that third movie pursuing revenge.
This is where my thinking gets weird. After all, the very dimension Goldblum aka Grandmaster created exists outside the laws and forces of the Infinity Stones; time is wonky there. Part of me wonders if there are 6 Cosmics, one for each of the Infinity Stones, not the 4 we were shown by the Collector from the Morag Vault (Death, Entropy, Infinity, Eternity):
Each Cosmic represents one of the six different dimensions of the singularity, and so each created a stone that expresses the power of their peculiar dimension. Eternity is Time; Infinity is Space; Entropy is Soul; Death is Power; that leaves Mind and Reality.
I just can't get over four beings creating six stones. Even if Grandmaster is just a Celestial, not a Cosmic Entity, he is a Celestial with weird power over Time (or Reality or Space) reminiscent of how Ego had weird power over Mind. I also think of the Celestial wielding the Power Stone that the Collector showed us. He certainly appeared to resemble a character previously known to me as Galactus, but with his helmet covering his face. Perhaps the Celestials were intended to be the stewards of the stones created by the Cosmics. That's alarming considering their God complexes, but they're sort of Godly. As Loki has pointed out, we don't pay much attention to a few dead ants. We don't even sweat to wipe out a colony. Besides, Thanos doesn't seem all that nice.
I know none of this is very realistic or in tune with what is going on, but this is why I mostly stay off these threads, and stay off Reddit. Breakthroughs come from weird, flawed meanderings. Besides, it's more fun this way.
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