Intel Xeon E5 2698 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 135W)