Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 140W)
Intel Xeon E7 8860 v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)