Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)