Opteron 8212 HE (F2) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E5 2609 v2 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)