Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Lower TDP (145W vs 165W)
Intel Xeon Gold 5418N 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4000 vs DDR4-2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 35MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)