Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (145W vs 360W)
AMD EPYC Embedded 9654 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 35MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)