Intel Xeon E5 4617 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)
Xeon E 2234 's Advantages
Released 7 years late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (71W vs 130W)