Intel Xeon X5650 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)
AMD EPYC 7303 's Advantages
Released 13 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)