Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (47W vs 80W)
Xeon E5440 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.833GHz vs 2GHz)