Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (87W vs 120W)
AMD EPYC 7252 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)