Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 180W)
AMD EPYC 7601 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)