Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)
Lower TDP (87W vs 210W)
Xeon w7 2555X 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (33.75MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)