Opteron 2210 EE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 87W)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 1.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)