When the max 1 came out I tried them out in a busy apple store back to back with airpod pro 1 and didn't notice that much of a difference with the active noise

When the max 1 came out I tried them out in a busy apple store back to back with airpod pro 1 and didn't notice that much of a difference with the active noise cancellation to justify double the price.. Is that something that has improved over time with firmware updates?