Intel Xeon L5618 's Advantages
Lower TDP (40W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2450 v2 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 6 months late
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.866GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)