fix(adaptive): fixed comparison in recommendations when scaling down

[Vesyrak]

Closes #8119

I never got any real response, but we do encounter this issue, so this is a proposed fix.
If this can cause any unwanted behaviour, please let me know. Did not override observed since I'm not entirely sure how far this would impact the codebase.

• [ 0 / ? ] Tests added / passed

  • I get a timeout on test_blocks_until_full, with a side dish of Too many open files

• [ x ] Passes pre-commit run --all-files

[GPUtester]

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    27 files  ± 0      27 suites  ±0   10h 42m 36s ⏱️ + 48m 44s
 3 995 tests ± 0   3 874 ✅  -   9    110 💤 ±0   11 ❌ +  9 
50 241 runs  +18  47 817 ✅  - 105  2 293 💤  - 6  131 ❌ +129 

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