[a3_nm]

I think that OpenStreetMap has a bit more information that Google Maps at the same zoom level. To compare on New York:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/40.5263/-73.8556

https://www.google.fr/maps/@40.5487361,-73.9399427,9z

(Edit: as the child comments correctly point out, this is only the default OSM rendering style.)

[maxerickson]

Keep in mind that the tiles shown by default on the OpenStreetMap website are just an example rendering. Anyone can take the OpenStreetMap data and use it to render a map with different cartographic choices.

There's even several other example renderings that can be easily accessed on the website, for example

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/40.5253/-74.2003&layers...

[lucb1e]

It has a lot more info indeed and I love it. But then here come the users, looking for eye candy over functionality (I've heard this from two people):

"ugh that is so ugly look at all this clutter"

[ris]

The default rendering for OSM might do, many other renderings are available (including your own if you like).