Opteron 8222 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 6 months late
Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)