Opteron 8350 HE 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (79W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 65nm)