Intel Xeon E7 8860 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 145W)
Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.276GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)