Xeon EC5549 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 667)
Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 2MB)
More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 65nm)
Opteron 8350 HE 's Advantages
Lower TDP (79W vs 85W)