I don't see why people think Base Hokage Naruto isn't stronger than Hashirama or nearly his equal.
While Hashirama is very powerful in base form, Naruto's feats as Hokage (as well as logical powerscaling) actually put him above him in base form by a small margin or near him in power.
In terms of speed, Naruto has Hashirama beat. This was seen in chapter 700 when Naruto used Shunshin to appear near Boruto in an instant despite the fact Boruto was looking out for him. He also displayed another good speed feat when he saved Chou-Chou from Shin while simultaneously preventing Sarada from falling when she was tripped. Hashirama has no speed feats like that I can think of.
Naruto's durability is also much higher than Hashirama's. With almost no chakra (life-force, vitality) he survived the explosion of his own chakra engulfing him, which left a noticeable gash in the Moon. He also took Momoshiki's kick with no visible damage despite the fact he got kicked out of the Channel Exams Stadium and landed painfully on the ground. Again, I can't think of any feats that Hashirama has in comparison.
Stamina definitely goes to Naruto no question about it. The fact he has Hashirama's cells giving him even more chakra is especially good for him.
Ninjutsu is where it gets tricky. Naruto's regular techniques aside, he SHOULD have the ability to not only use all of Hashirama's Jutsu, but the special abilities of the Biju in base form. This combined with his regular techniques would definitely put him above Hashirama in base form, but he has yet to display such feats (which is why I specifically stated using logical powerscaling he's the strongest or near Hashirama's level of power

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He's definitely not as weak as most people think.