Opteron 1210 EE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 60W)
Intel Xeon L5640 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (2.266GHz vs 1.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)