Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)
Opteron 2222 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)