GPA?

Do certain GPA’s affect adcoms decision factors?

We obviously know that some GPA’s are inflated and some majors are harder than others, but would about credit hours? What if there are two students that are both sophomores. One student took 18 credit hours a semester, and the other took 13-15 hours.

For example,

Student A: 3.95 GPA 48 credit hours

Student B: 3.86 GPA 70 credit hours

Would student B be favored if he took harder classes and more hours compared to student A?