Opteron 2210 EE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E3 1230 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 1.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)