Xeon E 2176M 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon X5672 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)