Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Intel Xeon E 2356G 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)