Comment Boring on the Desktop Great in Servers (Score 3, Informative) 180
These chips are slightly faster (given equal core counts) than their predecessors but not in any interesting way.
However, you have to remember that these are really server chips that are repurposed for high-end desktop use. The one vital metric where these chips shine is in their power consumption (or lack thereof): Techreport did a test where the 6-core 4960X running full-bore is using about the same amount of power as a desktop A10-6800K part ( http://techreport.com/review/25293/intel-core-i7-4960x-processor-reviewed/9 )
That level of power efficiency will do wonders in the server world and these chips (and their 12-core bigger brothers) should do quite well in servers.