It really doesn’t matter as far as I can tell when it comes to MTB maintenance. I’m pretty sure it’s designed just so that when you go to Halfords or B&Q to buy a new bit, you have to stand there like a dummy for ten minutes either 1, trying to remember which size driver you have at home, 2. wondering whether it’s worth buying two bits JIC, 3, additionally to 2 weighing up the pros of cons of option 2 to your spouse when they ask why you have 2 bits the same size…
I went for 1/2″ just so I could pretend to be Dave from the Winchester “Hello Arfer…”