Intel Xeon X5680 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.333GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 165W)
Intel Xeon E5 2698A v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (40MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)