Intel Xeon E5 2609 v2 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 10 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)
Xeon X5460 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (3 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.167GHz vs 2.5GHz)