AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3-1600)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)
Intel Xeon E5 2689 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (115W vs 170W)