Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3-1600)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1220 v3 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 3.0GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 140W)