Intel Xeon X5650 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)
Intel Xeon E5 2663 v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.666GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)