Opteron 8212 HE (F2) 's Advantages
Lower TDP (68W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E3 1220 v3 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1600 vs DDR2-667)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2GHz)