For me, they cut harder than the orange.
Check out my album were I removed 1000 grit with the green foam with Ultimate Compound on a PC.
The pores on the green pads are larger than any other in the range.
Same foam as the former edge 2000 pads, where the green was designated as "medium/light" cut. They eventually released an orange euro foam pads, and many users reported that the green out cut the orange, which was my finding too.
CG also used to designate that foam as a "light cut/heavy polish", but now just call it "heavy polish".
About ten + years ago, the European foams were introduced, and their ability to cut was from their density, or firmness rather than their pore orientation.
The American foams, or filter foams relied more on their pore size, and how thick the pore structure is, to cut.
For me, the stiff pads don't like to contour, and require a lot of pressure comparably get the job done.
I just got my new LC HDO pads, and I already know I'm going to be fighting that new Blue pad, where the original blue foam was softer, and had larger pores - which made it an excellent cutter.
