Yeah it isn't an RPG, where the stats would be fairly set in stone unless there's game bullshit or cutscene cinematic bullshit. Power levels in stories like these tend to be to a degree malleable depending on the needs of the story - Stan Lee rather notably said (paraphrasing) "Whoever wins in a fight is whoever the writer wants to win." The trick is ultimately making it believable. Quite honestly this isn't like a super-serious debate to me, all I'm ultimately saying is that based on what Loki's done in the past and who he is as a character him not swatting people like flies every time he moves his arm doesn't come off to me like something that should break suspension of disbelief. If anything, him firing energy blasts and telekinetically catching a whole-ass building is more out-there.
I will note that you're doing the OBD power level thing of taking Thor's feats and ascribing them as Loki's feats, and that really isn't ever how this actually works. You don't take Thor tanking the star forge, take Loki not getting insta-gibbed whenever he clashes with Thor, and presume you can just swap Loki in there and everything's gucci. Funnily enough you're actually devaluing Thor's shows of strength by implying that they're not as individually impressive given the racial super-strength of Asgardians relative to humans.
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