Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.25GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 280W)
AMD EPYC Embedded 9354 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)