Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (69W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon W3690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 3.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)