Intel Xeon E3 1285 v4 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 225W)
AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1866)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)