Intel Xeon X5650 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1230 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.666GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)