Xeon E5540 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)
AMD EPYC 8534P 's Advantages
Released 14 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1066)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)