Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (47W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 6MB)