AMD EPYC 9224 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)
Intel Xeon E5649 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)