xd better than elite?

As title asks, are the elite xd's actually better than the elite's? If so, what actually makes them better, or have extra distance?

I am thinking about picking up a retaliator elite, but so on the fence about which one...

I really like the look of the blue elite retaliator, really like the look of the sonic ice blue and really like the white elite xd (partly due to the "xd" and bc it actually says elite on it...lol)

So in stock form, are any of them actually "better" than the others?
If so, what actually makes it better, and would modding it make them all the same (aside from cosmetics, with equal mods?)

Thanks everyone