Opteron 8346 HE (B3) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E3 1225 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 11 months late
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 65nm)