Intel Xeon E3 1241 v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1600 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)