Xeon 6979P 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3200)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)
AMD EPYC 7473X 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 504MB)
Lower TDP (240W vs 500W)