AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 12MB)
Intel Xeon W3690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 350W)