Intel Xeon E3 1270 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Lower TDP (80W vs 270W)
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)