Opteron 8350 HE 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (79W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 65nm)