Intel Xeon E5 4603 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 160W)
Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 10MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)