Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (90W vs 250W)
Xeon 6731E 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5600 vs DDR4-1866)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)