Opteron 8216 (F2) 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 1 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)