Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)
Opteron 8222 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.666GHz)