Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages
Released 110 years and 3 months late
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 160W)
Intel Xeon E5 2693 v3 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)