you also have to look at damage per second and not just look at per swing. Since this game has a active fighting system the number of attacks per second does come into play as well.
I mean you could have a guy that hits like a two ton truck but swings slow and then have a guy that does about half the amount but swings twice as fast.
there are 3 types of dpsing builds in the game
glass cannons: lower hp and low ac but have massive amount of dmg output. I.E. casters and rogues.
offensive blitz dps: high end hp and low ac. These builds are usually str based rangers. TWF khopesh using ftrs and barbs
Balanced dpsers: moderate hp and good ac. These builds are usually ranger monk splashes, Pallys and monks or s/b ftrs or pallys.