Intel Xeon E5 2420 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 350W)
Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)