Intel Xeon E5 2660 v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 2.2GHz)