Intel Xeon E5630 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 6 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.533GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)