Xeon E7 8830 's Advantages
Lower TDP (105W vs 145W)
Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.133GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 24MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)