Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (135W vs 250W)
Xeon 6731E 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)