Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Lower TDP (135W vs 280W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX 's Advantages
Released 10 years late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)