Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 280W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3945WX 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 24MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)