Intel Xeon E3 1235L v5 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (25W vs 80W)
Xeon E5420 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)