One of the fun parts about answering this question is that not all GMs are created equal - they actually have set levels which determine their hit points. On top of that, AVs are also not always using AV hit points.
Generally speaking a GM will have twice the regen of an AV (just due to modifiers) before taking into account the higher hit point pool to regen from, so at +4 when your powers have 48% effectiveness you could claim to be worse off against an AV... except that's overlooking the much higher hp pool. But not all AVs are equal, either - the iTrial AVs have GM-level hit points.
But for your comparison, Adamastor has always been pretty easy. 
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That's very helpful, thank you!
I'm finding that at +3 your average AV is about the same difficulty as a GM overall - it's just trading less health (and thus regen) for more damage output. So while I can solo Eochai and take 10 minutes without much fear of death, I can also solo a +3 arc AV in 5 minutes while constantly fearing that lucky one-two punch of doom. This all of course depends on the specific enemy but that's the general pattern.
Incidentally I've only found two AVs whose regen I can't overcome - Scrapyard and Jack in Irons. I'm guessing either they have significantly more health or are resistant to smashing. Maybe if I try Diamagnetic Interface...
Keep in mind this is without inspirations/temps or Lore pets. I took down a tentacle today so I could theoretically solo Lusca - it would just take me around 90 minutes.
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Lusca has significant resistance to everything, so, being able to kill a tentacle doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to kill the head.
I painfully discovered that after spending a hour killing all tentacles... 
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That's a awfully good point. I'm able to solo +4 AVs that have 50% smashing resist - Maurauder, Nightstar, Shadowhunter to name a few. I had to learn to slot Achilles Heels and Gladiator procs but eventually it became feasible. It takes significantly longer but can be done. I haven't had a chance to Power Analyze the big squid's head yet. His resist can't be any higher than 50 right?
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Lusca has significant resistance to everything, so, being able to kill a tentacle doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to kill the head.
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That's a awfully good point. I'm able to solo +4 AVs that have 50% smashing resist - Maurauder, Nightstar, Shadowhunter to name a few. I had to learn to slot Achilles Heels and Gladiator procs but eventually it became feasible. It takes significantly longer but can be done. I haven't had a chance to Power Analyze the big squid's head yet. His resist can't be any higher than 50 right?
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I'm aware that Giant Monsters are a step up on the ladder from Archvillains, but at what con level does an AV meet or exceed a GM? Or does it? Since GMs only have a single "non-level," would fighting an AV at +4 actually make it the more powerful/difficult of the two?
I ask because I've been on a soloing kick and find that fighting say, Bobcat at +3 is actually marginally more difficult than soloing Adamastor (for instance). Anyone have numbers on this?
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