Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 145W)