usually assasins use venom, which lowers poison dmg from regular sources (items/charms, that is) in a specific way:
https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php?title=Venom_(skill)
so if two items are identical with the only difference being that one adds poison dmg, the one with poison will still be better ofc (since some dmg beats no dmg). but if the poison dmg mod is interchanged with something useful on another item, the other item is usually straight up better