Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2 's Advantages
Lower TDP (69W vs 80W)
Xeon E 2456 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)