Intel Xeon E5 2670 v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Lower TDP (87W vs 120W)