Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 1.866GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E7520 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 145W)