Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 1.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 28nm)
AMD Opteron A1120 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)
Lower TDP (25W vs 130W)