Xeon 6960P 's Advantages
Released 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 5200)
Larger L3 cache size (432MB vs 60MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Lower TDP (250W vs 500W)