Intel Xeon E5 2643 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 10 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Opteron 6272 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)
Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)