AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 350W)