Personally, that's a tough choice. They are both great units. RS are better at damage dealing, but Griffins have higher hit points than leadership, one of the few units to have that. Griffins are one tough cookie overall. Both have 10% physical resistance, while snakes have 80% poison and griffins have 20% magical, and both are useful, but magic attacks are more common.
I loved and used royal snakes all though the Western and Eastern Islands. They worked great for taking down enemies in these areas, where it was a lot easier to control the battles and take no losses. Once I got to Kordar (Creiston mines onward) I started experimenting with Griffins. The enemy stacks started getting much more dangerous, in the sense that there were many more ranged units or units with special abilities that I wanted to neutralize right away. Griffins are much better for this task, as the increased mobility and ability to split stacks really helps. Royal Snakes simply can't reach the enemies fast enough, unless I use phantom, but that uses up my spell use for the turn (I'm a warrior). I can throw Griffins into the midst of enemies, combined with magic shield from the archmages, bless from the inquisitors to really increase their damage (they have a big range, 5-10), and the unlimited retaliations means that they really dish out same major damage. Resurrect at the end (or time back when you have it) and you can get no losses. Shamans' totems and Lina's Ice ball are also great distractions to take some of the heat off the Griffins.
So in summary, in Kordar, I'm finding greater need to take the fight to the enemy in battle, rather than strategically waiting to engage melee units in the middle or on my side of the battle map. For this role, Griffins are better. But Royal Snakes are probably better in the Isles of Freedom, where there seem to be more large stacks of simple melee units (pirates, devilfish, etc), and Royal Snakes can really take down these types.
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