Xeon w3 2525 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 22.5MB)
Lower TDP (120W vs 175W)