Intel Xeon W 2170B 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (19.25MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (87W vs 140W)