It depends on the aircraft. On the A320, we set 50% N1, then stick the thrust levers in the FLX/MCT gate which gives the thrust as per the FLEX temperature that was a result of the performance calculations. So that will give you a feeling of greater initial acceleration.
The second point is that jet thrust is exponential i.e. movement of the thrust levers in the lower range does not necessarily correspond to the same thrust output at the upper range of the thrust lever movement. Edit: Just seen redsnail already mentioned this bit.
Some more info on it here:
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