For the same price, probably yes.
A non magnifying scope will be easier to build and have a lot less lenses inside, so should offer better glass than an equivalently priced magnified scope.
That being said, there are so many factors they come into scope design and pricing that it's basically impossible to say such a rule exits.
Also factor in that technologies are changing all the time as well as the cost's of production going down, a fixed 6x from 10 years that cost $600 will likely not perform as well as a $600 variable scope from 2019.
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