Opteron 8222 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)
Intel Xeon E5 2663 v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 667)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)