Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 12MB)
Xeon E 2434 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (55W vs 130W)