A is RAW, B is Video Still.
My reasoning: text in the focus point region has red fringing on image B:
whereas image A is clean:
This is also evident elsewhere in the image.
Since there was a 4:2:2 codec in the video pipeline (Prores LT), I would suggest the chroma sub-sampling could be one of the main culprits for those artefacts.
Sorry if I cheated by zooming in and pixel-peeping the images... I only have an iPhone and an SXGA laptop.
Cool challenge - enjoyed it.
..Ray