it's certainly gotten better, but saying it blows Naruto out of the water is a bit of a stretch, imho.
a this point in its own story, even with its inability to portray female combat ability as comparable to male combat ability, Naruto was still pretty damn amazing. honestly, i think it was full steam greatness up until the end of the Hidan/Kakuzu arc and really only started dying around the time Itachi died and Pain attacked the Leaf (unless of course, you count the anime filler hell)