Intel Xeon X5677 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 2GHz)
Xeon D 2796TE 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (118W vs 130W)