They are more powerful but to say they are better you have to factor in the ease of use.
If you can get both MCUs to do the same thing but one of them takes 1/10th the time to set up then which one is better?
If you can get both MCUs to do the same thing but one of them takes 1/10th the time to set up then which one is better?
Any investment in time or tools is orders of magnitude more than prices of these parts.