Xeon E7 4860 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)
Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.266GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 24MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)