Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 20MB)
Intel Xeon W 1290 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)