Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 6 months late
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)