I don't know that it's all so bad. The final takeaway is that a 660mm2 Intel die at 270W got about 70-80% of the performance that AMD's 1000mm2 MCM gets at 250W. So performance per transistor is similar, but per watt Intel lags. But then the idle draw was significantly better (AMD's idle power remains a problem across the Zen designs), so for many use cases it's probably a draw.
That sounds "competetive enough" to me in the datacenter world, given the existing market lead Intel has.
That sounds "competetive enough" to me in the datacenter world, given the existing market lead Intel has.