Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages
Lower TDP (145W vs 250W)
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 45MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)