Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 350W)
Intel Xeon Max 9480 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (112.5MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)