Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1285 v6 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 2.9GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (79W vs 135W)