Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Intel Xeon W 11955M 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (35W vs 135W)