Xeon E7 2803 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 4)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 6 months late
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 1.733GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 105W)