Xeon E5540 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 360W)
AMD EPYC Embedded 9654P 's Advantages
Released 14 years late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1066)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)