Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)
Opteron 2222 SE 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Lower TDP (119W vs 135W)