A very common question is which is better than a mechanic or an automatic machine? A manual transmission is the golden mean between a robot and an automatic, since a car can be towed on a manual transmission (gearbox).
It is also possible to clearly transfer the torque from the gearbox to the wheels, thus feeling the car. But for a beginner in bad weather conditions like snow or ice, a manual transmission can play a cruel joke. For example, when driving on snow, you need to select a lower gear and move measuredly so that the car does not slip and does not try to stall.
In the machine, the opposite story. Based on the name of the automatic transmission (automatic transmission), it has electronic brains that can be stitched for a certain driving style, or the box already has additional settings: snow, gravel, sports. Based on these modes, the machine understands how to transfer torque from the box to the wheels and at what speed to switch. In the same snowfall, thanks to the regularity of switching, a car on an automatic machine will go faster than on a mechanic, provided that the cars are the same. In summer, on dry asphalt, a mechanically driven car will drive away faster, but it will slip and consume the resource of parts. The automatic transmission protects itself, although it does not benefit the economy of the car.
Therefore, it is impossible to say unequivocally which checkpoint is better, this is a matter exclusively of the user, but it will be easier for a beginner on the machine. But learning to drive is a matter of mechanics, in order to learn how to feel and drive a car.