Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages
Lower TDP (120W vs 280W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)