Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Lower TDP (47W vs 145W)
Intel Xeon Gold 5423N 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4000 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (37.5MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)