Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 10MB)
Intel Xeon E5 2403 v2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)