AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 97.5MB)
Lower TDP (225W vs 350W)
Intel Xeon Max 9460 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)