Opteron 8347 HE (B3) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (68W vs 87W)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Released 4 years late
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 65nm)