Intel Xeon w3 2423 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR4-2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)
Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 15MB)