Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 350W)
AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)