Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Intel Xeon E5 2630 v3 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (85W vs 130W)