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>>297277 Depends on how you define "better". In terms of sharpness, for example, my Helios f/2 will stomp all over a whole bunch of other lenses with a wider aperture range.
It so happens that faster (larger maximum aperture, smaller f/ number) lenses are, typically, much better, simply by virtue of being much more expensive. This is not inherent to the larger maximum aperture. They're also much more useful in low light; it means you can get away without a tripod, for example, or use a slower ISO than you would otherwise. This *is* inherent to a larger maximum aperture.
As said earlier, your smaller aperture range becomes irrelevant at apertures smaller than f/16 or so, because diffraction effects bite you. So the minimum aperture isn't all that important.
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