Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 12MB)
Xeon E 2246G 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 145W)