Opteron 43CX EE 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Lower TDP (35W vs 85W)
Intel Xeon E5 2609 v3 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)