Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (145W vs 180W)
AMD EPYC 7601 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 45MB)