Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.266GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E5607 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Lower TDP (80W vs 145W)