Opteron 2218 HE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (68W vs 82W)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)