Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.1GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 155W)
AMD EPYC 7262 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)