My personal observation is that on a wide hone, with an X pattern it is much easier to sharpen a blade because the bevel does not have to be perfectly flat in all areas.
Unless you are talking about just holding the blade at a slant and keeping it entirely in contact with the hone, if that's the case then I'm not sure the difference, but I would venture to guess it's marginal since people seem to get very sharp razors in either way.