AMD EPYC 9254 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2933)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)
Intel Xeon W 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)