Intel Xeon W 1290 's Advantages
Released 8 years late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1270 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (69W vs 80W)