Go is statically typed and compiled, while Elixir/Erlang is dynamically typed and interpreted, so beating Go is unlikely. A plus for BEAM is that each process

Go is statically typed and compiled, while Elixir/Erlang is dynamically typed and interpreted, so beating Go is unlikely. A plus for BEAM is that each process (aka Goroutine) has it's own, independent garbage collector that doesn't interfere with anything else. The point is, though, you don't use the BEAM for it's raw speed, but for it's great concurrency and fault tolerance. Go has decent concurrency, but it's not all roses and butterflies. Also all data is immutable in Erlang/Elixir which makes concurrency a lot easier.