Xeon E5405 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 165W)
Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)