Intel Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 20MB)
Lower TDP (130W vs 150W)
Xeon E5 2687W v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.276GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)