Intel Xeon X5650 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2.25GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 500W)
AMD EPYC 9965 's Advantages
Released 14 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 32nm)