Opteron 8346 HE (B3) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 4 months late
Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 65nm)