Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR4)
Lower TDP (145W vs 205W)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 3 months late
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (38.5MB vs 35MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)