Intel Xeon E5 1607 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 225W)
AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1600)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)