Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-76.101.215.2-20140208181213/@comment-5264386-20140208203749

Well, the Temple Knight class was actually only in the beta. In the final product, there's been some slight changes to the class list, as follows:
 * Warrior
 * Knight
 * Swordsman (Pretty much just the Dual Swordsman)
 * Bandit
 * Cleric (Probably similar to the Temple Knight)
 * Sorcerer
 * Explorer (the opposite of Deprived - has mediocre stats, but has some decent starting equipment)
 * Deprived

Anyway, I'd guess you'd now be looking for a comparison of the Warrior and the Cleric classes. However, there's not much info on the starting list of equipment for either class, so it's a bit hard to make a comparison from that point of view at the moment.

We can compare them on stats, though. Below is the stats of the Warrior and Cleric classes:

As you can see, the Warrior has a better Adaptability stat (Agility and Resistance combined into one stat), meaning that the Warrior class has better resistances and movement/action speed from the beginning in comparison to the Cleric class. However, the Cleric class has vastly superior Lightning and Dark defences to those of the Warrior class's, as a result of the Cleric's starting Faith stat of 12, double that of the Warrior's.

The Warrior class can also equip slightly more weapons/armour before being over-encumbered than the Cleric class can, and has slightly more HP as well, but has slightly less stamina than Clerics do. The last major point of comparison is that the Warrior class has slightly better Bleed and Poison attack and resistance than the Cleric class.

Anyway, I hope this is what you were looking for. :)