Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 210W)
Xeon w7 2555X 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (33.75MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)