Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1225 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)