Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2640 v2 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)