Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)
Opteron 2218 (F3) 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)