Epic Item: http://prntscr.com/2t5kx6
Rare item: http://prntscr.com/2t5lof
Very biased talk,
Both have the same AP value and they are both the same.
Epics are terrible now with the 9-16. atleast 10 was sensible but starting from 9 is just too low. I feel like most my rares are better then epics combat wise, only reason to use epics if for the % buffs which are much higher then rares.