Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 140W)
Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 30MB)