Xeon E7 2870 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 280W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)