Intel Xeon E5 2680 v2 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 6 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.666GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)
Xeon X7542 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)