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The important thing in a bicycle light is not output, it's optics. A good beam pattern is worth more than a high powered light. There is a lot of engineering that goes into shaping the light beam with mirrors and lenses, on higher quality lights.
Like this parabolic reflector for example, used in Schmidt & Busch & Muller lights. It has a very well designed high cutoff so it does not blind other road users.
muh lumens chinkshit will not only blind other road users, it also doesn't light the road up in an ideal way either. That really does make a huge difference, for you.