Opteron 8210 EE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 115W)
Intel Xeon E5 2689 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 667)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 1.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)