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Felix = Seaver is right on. 
If you take both at this stage of their careers (172 starts for Felix/175 for Seaver) and look at the previous two years, you get an interesting comparison.
Felix had thrown 488 innings in 68 starts, struck out 449 batters, allowed 7.5 and 7.0 Hits/9inn in the two previous seasons, had ERA+ of 172 & 174 and had led the league in ERA once and Wins once.
Seaver had thrown 577 innings (because more innings were expected from Big Hoss starters...but I'm willing to bet Felix was as much above the league average as Seaver) in 71 starts (plus one relief appearance).  He struck out 572 batters and he had allowed 7.1 and 6.6 Hits/9inn, had ERA+ of 143 and 194 , and led the league in ERA twice.
Felix will be 25 years old when the next season begins, Seaver was 27.
Seaver K'ed abou 1/2 of a batter more each game....but their numbers are strikingly similar.  Suppose I should do it for Clemens, too.  But I see Clemens as much more of a publicly regarded phenom in Season 1 and 2 than Seaver and Felix were.
But Felix=Seaver, no doubt about it.  Interestingly, both guys were way dominant, but not in the Ryan/Randy/Koufax way wehre you EXPECTED them to strike out 15. 
Night in and night out they strike out 8-10 guys, and EVERYBODY else, they just get out.  And you never expect a bad start.  In that regard they are much more Maddux than Randy or Ryan.
After Willie Mays, Tom Terrific was my favorite baseball player from '69-'73.
Ergo:  I'm learning to LOVE Felix.  Definate man crush here.