Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 4GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 350W)
AMD Threadripper PRO 7975WX 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)