Colors are Paler in Illustrator than Photoshop...

...yet the settings are exactly the same! I've synchronized them in Bridge and everything. I want the brighter color in Photoshop, but the vector format of Illustrator. The colors are exactly the same in both gradients (001d80, d4fcff, 4faaff). I did not copy/paste/import anything from PS into AI; everything was created from scratch. Please help!
The image on the left is in Photoshop, the right is in Illustrator. Also, why doesn't Illustrator have as many options in the box as Photoshop?

Ah, I see what you mean! Thank you for helping.
I found this:
I tried creating a new document, making sure that the RGB setting was ticked, but when I when I did something even as small as changing to inches, it changed to "custom":
The color mode at the bottom stayed at RGB, BUT when I open the document & go to view --> Proof Setup...
When I do not change the settings to inches & leave it as default RGB, it still says the same as the above screenshot.
I hope this isn't too many screenshots; I don't want to make it confusing, but I'm confused
...WAIT!
In the Proof Setup menu, where it says "Customize", I clicked on it and went through every option with the Preview box checked, and the closest I came to the Photoshop image was this:
The Illustrator image is in the bottom right corner; I made the PS one larger to compare.
Still, the Photoshop settings and the Illustrator settings were the exact same at the beginning, so why would I have to change them if they are "synchronized"?

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