Intel Xeon X5698 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Lower TDP (130W vs 250W)
Xeon 6740E 's Advantages
Released 13 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)