Opteron 2222 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2698 v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)