Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 180W)
AMD EPYC 7402 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)