Intel Xeon E3 1225 v5 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)