Opteron 8347 HE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (68W vs 130W)
Xeon X7542 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 667)
Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 65nm)