Intel Xeon E3 1220L 's Advantages
Lower TDP (20W vs 165W)
Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)