Intel Xeon E3 1278L v4 's Advantages
Lower TDP (47W vs 140W)
Intel Xeon W 2170B 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1600)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (19.25MB vs 6MB)