Intel Xeon D 1557 's Advantages
Lower TDP (45W vs 80W)
Xeon E 2478 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 1.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 1.5MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)