Intel Xeon X5672 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 500W)
Xeon 6972P 's Advantages
Released 13 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (480MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)