Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
Opteron A1170 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 1333)
More modern manufacturing process (28nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (32W vs 130W)