There is no metric for better, so your question raises more questions.

Speed Queens are BIFL. The TC5 top loader cleans better than their other top loaders.

Maytag 575 and the associated dryer are BIFL.

Bold statement: a dryer is a dryer with them being simplistic and this is one item you can "cheap out" on, if your OCD allows you to have an unmatched set.

Knock on wood, front loaders clean better than top loaders...people debate this though. I was proved wrong on this issue once by someone nice here. And if clean is a goal, research detergents....the king, to my knowledge, is Persil which is what we use.