Opteron 6274 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E5530 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)