Opteron 8224 SE 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 9 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)
Lower TDP (69W vs 120W)