Intel Xeon E5 2640 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)
AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)