Intel Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 1 months late
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.276GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (87W vs 130W)