Opteron 8216 HE (F2) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 6 months late
Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)