Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 12MB)
Xeon E 2176G 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.266GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)