Intel Xeon E5 2693 v3 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Xeon X3480 's Advantages
Released 109 years and 4 months late
Higher base frequency (3.066GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 160W)