Opteron 6168 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (1.9GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1230L v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (25W vs 115W)