Opteron 8212 HE (F2) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 87W)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 9 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)