Xeon E5405 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)
Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)