If 'better' means 'fitness for use' - so to answer means knowing the application. See discussion and links at https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_new_global_DEM_planned
In case you are interested in comparing different DEM's, I suggest you have a look at FABDEM (https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/25wfy0f9ukoge2gs7a5mqpq2j7)
Sure. I don't think many people know about FABDEM and I believe it's a good alternative for researchers who utilize such data in their analysis (I don't do it often).