Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 205W)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)