Intel Xeon E5 1603 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)
AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1866)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)