Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)
Opteron 2218 (F3) 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)