Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.8GHz)
AMD EPYC 7203 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (120W vs 135W)