Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1240 v3 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1600 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)