How can you possibly have them equal?
Manning 7x 1st team all pro
Brady 3x, one of which was ridiculous
Manning 5x MVP
Brady 3x MVP (including the 2018 WTF??? MVP where he wasn't even a top 5 QB that season in any category, but got the award because, hey, Tom Brady! And one of his other MVPs probably should have gone to the guy he was throwing to, Randy Moss)
Manning best QB rating in the league 6x
Brady 2x (once with Randy Moss catching balls in his prime)
Manning had a higher completion % than Brady pretty much every year, and more passing yards, and more TDs almost every year as well.
There's really only one argument for Brady being better, which is rings. And he didn't get those by himself. If he leads Tampa Bay to a super bowl ring this season, then maybe I'll need to reevaluate my position. But so far, every data point there is says Manning isn't just better, he was a lot better. Look at Indy games without Manning and Pats games without Brady.
A few years back, I built some multilevel models, and Brady added about 0.5 wins to the Patriots win expectations. Manning was worth over 2 wins to the Colts.