Opteron 1389 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)
Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)