Just different ways to do the same thing, some people think digitally and some can picture fuel and air flowing through circuits in a carb. There are tons of dyno tests all over on the line and you can find a bunch to back up witchever one you think is best.

What it all boils down to is a carb will restrict air flow slightly more and need more manual tuning for temp/alt changes but a carb is gonna evaporate the fuel a little more on the way down the runner, carbs have also been wrung out 100 years longer. EFI can also tune each cylinder to get the absolute most HP out of it, thats a little harder to do with a carb.

And for what its worth the guy tuning with a all out engine on EFI ain't probably gonna rely very much on the self tuning aspect.

On the other hand a carb is a lot cheaper and you can usually get more HP spending an extra thou or two on cylinder heads or exhaust or a plethora of other things that will make more difference than EFI.

Last but not least look at what the pinacle of motorsports are running, guys like formula 1 or 24 hrs daytona type stuff and there are no carbs in sight. When MPG is the goal you can't beat EFI, a carb can not cut off fuel on decell and other things.