Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 10MB)
Intel Xeon E5 2623 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (105W vs 130W)