Intel Xeon E5 1607 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1600 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.9GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (130W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 10MB)