A lot of the choice will involve what your activities are in ham radio and what the QTH is like. With all of the noise we get today from consumer electronics, if you live in a suburban or urban environment, a good noise blanker and noise reduction might be the most important feature. If you live in a rural area, then that might not be much of a factor.
If you are not into contesting but are into DXing, you probably want a radio with dual receive and a good noise floor. Not as important if you spend most of your time on traffic nets or just ragchewing. Creature comforts like a voice recorder and CW memory keyer are always nice, same for a good built in autotuner.
Most important are ergonomics and it has to be a radio you enjoy operating. If you don't like the layout of the radio and how you interface with it, good dynamic range or other features aren't very important.
73 John W5TD