Opteron 6180 SE 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1333 vs DDR3)
Intel Xeon E5 4617 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 12MB)
Lower TDP (130W vs 140W)