Blender 4.2 - EEVEE-Next Feedback

Just started to finally give EEVEE Next a try and instantly have a question. This is just a simple spherical object lit by an area light:

Cycles:
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EEVEE (Legacy):
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EEVEE (Next):
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That shadow terminator is absolutely brutal. Is this a bug, not-yet-correctly-implemented or a feature?

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