Opteron 8220 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 667)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)
Lower TDP (90W vs 95W)