Xeon EC5549 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)
Lower TDP (85W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 v2 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.533GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)