Opteron 6180 SE 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
Intel Xeon E5 2698B v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (135W vs 140W)