Intel Xeon E5 2609 v2 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 7 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)
Opteron 8218 HE 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (68W vs 80W)