Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 9 months late
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E6540 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 4)
Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)