People were saying the same about gen 3 a few hundred pages back.
So what? Gen 3 may not be as efficient as some other chips, but it's certainly competitive based on price and is certainly not a complete disaster. So, I'm not sure what point are you actually trying to make. AM Tubes actually have a pretty good value (a combination of efficiency and cost) per volume despite BE200 not being the most efficient ASIC. The price and size offset the efficiency.