Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Lower TDP (135W vs 185W)
Intel Xeon Gold 5412U 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)