Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 270W)
Intel Xeon w5 3435X 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)