Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.25GHz)
Lower TDP (120W vs 225W)
AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)