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At this point in the story I think Amir recognizes that Hassan is happier than he is. He knows Hassan's father is very loving while his seems, to him, aloof.
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Agreed. Hassan is much more comfortable with who he is and what he is supposed to be. I don't know if this is good or bad. Hassan has been taught to accept a second class status as his father was.
As an aside: Reading this book has made me research more about the Hazara people. Apparently, there has been a great deal of prejudice against them in Afghanistan. This was not something that was made up... It is part of history.
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And he also hints that Hassan is quite intelligent. So this is all quite upsetting for Amir. He is the one with the position of power, money, goes to school, ect. Yet he is the one who feels unhappy.
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How annoying, the first time that a writer is introduced to the 'plot hole!'
Seriously... This is a cultural belief that Amir absorbed. He is now confused because it seems that things should be easy for him as compared to Hassan.
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He feels good when his schooling makes it obvious that he's more educated than Hassan yet there's something about Hassan that lets Amir know despite education Hassan might actually be the smarter of the two. And Hassan is happy and not much bothered by his station in life. So Amir is a jealous friend.
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Seeing a plot hole is not a function of being more intelligent, but of having a different POV. This is not to say that Hassan is more or less intelligent than Amir. He simply was not entwined in the story so he could look at it more objectively. Amir was not able to recognize this and became angry. With his culture, thoughts that we would consider ugly came to mind to make himself feel better.