Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 175W)
Xeon w3 2525 's Advantages
Released 13 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.466GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (22.5MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)