Intel Xeon E5 2660 v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1230 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)