Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 40MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)