Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (87W vs 240W)
AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)