Intel Xeon E5 2680 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
Xeon E 2124 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (71W vs 130W)