Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2680 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 135W)