Intel Xeon E3 1225 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)
Lower TDP (77W vs 500W)
Xeon 6960P 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (432MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)