Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.55GHz)
Lower TDP (69W vs 400W)
AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)