Xeon E7 8830 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 1 months late
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.133GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (69W vs 105W)