Absolutely, GUIs are user-friendly but resource-heavy, while TTYs are lean and mean. A TTY will always use less resources and boot faster because it doesn’t have the overhead of rendering graphics. Every keystroke in a TTY is super responsive due to this minimalism.
For tasks like system administration or server management, I’d lean towards TTY for its efficiency. But for everyday tasks, multimedia, or anything that benefits from visual aids, GUI is the way to go. GUI can slow things down a bit, but for most users, the trade-off for ease of use is worth it.
That said, you are really discussing command line vs Desktop Environment (DE).