Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Released 2 years late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 4)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (47W vs 82W)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)