Intel Xeon E3 1240 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 4MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)