Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E5 1660 v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)