Fool me once, Angular team...
From what I remember, the final version of Angular 2 added a lot of performance, which pushed it ahead of the latest React in performance.
I did find this:
http://webscripts.softpedia.com/blog/recent-benchmark-shows-...
But the Auth0 benchmarks disagree and show React is faster:
https://auth0.com/blog/more-benchmarks-virtual-dom-vs-angula...
Angular 1 is terrible performance-wise; that much is certain.