Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 18MB)
Intel Xeon W 11855M 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (35W vs 130W)