Intel Xeon E5 2470 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)
Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)