Xeon X3480 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.066GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)
AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)