Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (160W vs 225W)
AMD EPYC 7642 '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 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)