[MENTION=493279]Lemond37[/MENTION] To the OP: It depends on what you're looking for. If it's damping road 'buzz' then maybe, especially if your like to use thin bar tape. OTOH, a 3.0mm gel-backed premium tape might provide the same benefit at far less cost and hassle than a bar swap.
If you want those cool aero profiled bars, like the K-wing and ZIPP-SL, then carbon is where you go.

In my case, I get more benefit out of the shape of the bars than the material. I ended up with a flared 'gravel' bar (Salsa Cowchipper) for comfort on my long-distance road bike. I'm a clyde, so I tend to ride the thick-walled, heavy versions of whichever bar shape I choose.


To all the rest of you; There are so many different grades and specs and quality levels of Steel and Aluminum, and CF, that it's impossible to say that one is 'The Strongest' The only thing you can pretty much predict is the most likely failure mode: (With regard to handlebars) Steel will bend, Al will crack, and CF will snap.

'You can have Light, Strong, and Cheap. Pick Two.' -Keith Bontrager