Opteron 2212 HE (F3) 's Advantages
Lower TDP (68W vs 84W)
Intel Xeon E3 1226 v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)