Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 118W)
Xeon D 2796TE 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)