Doom is the same. It uses evil mode by default and SPC as the default leader key.
Also in my experience it is a lot faster.
Also in my experience it is a lot faster.
You can end up with a similar feature set using any of the two, and yes, Doom Emacs will probably be a bit faster, but they are not entirely equal. The user experience is different, one easy example is that while using SPC as a leader key is a feature in both, the keymaps are quite different.
My recommendation would be to try them both: they are easy to install, and uninstallation is as simple as removing the Emacs config in your user directory.