AUSTRIAN-POLISH 1982 Problem 7

Find the triple of positive integers $(x,y,z)$ with $z$ least possible for which there are positive integers $a, b, c, d$ with the following properties: (i) $x^y = a^b = c^d$ and $x > a > c$ (ii) $z = ab = cd$ (iii) $x + y = a + b$ .