Yes, it all depends on the quality and how "resin" coated the buds are. Kif or hash, is basically all of those tiny, little white crystals you see on your buds. Some cannabis produces much more trich's than some others, so the more trichs/crystals your buds have, the more kif/hash you will yeild.

So yeah, trichs usually mean a potent smoke, but that doesn't mean cannabis that has less trichs isn't potent either. I have had some surprising smoke that looked not that great, but was a potent smoke.

Sativas tend to produce less resin than Indicas. Indicas pack trichs and are prime for hash making.

A 1/4 of high quality weed though will give you only a gram or so of smoke.