If you are making the comparison between watering by hand or traditional above ground sprinklers versus automatic underground sprinklers, then the answer is YES. There are many reasons for this;
A well-designed “8 Days a Week” SMART watering underground sprinkler system applies water to your softscapes much more uniformly. Also, the fact that it is automated and programmed to come on in the early hours of the morning when less water is lost to evaporation. Using a SMART WIFI water savings controller gives you the ability to pull local weather data to generate more water savings than traditional conventional irrigation controllers.