Intel Xeon E5 1428L v2 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 10 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (60W vs 105W)
Xeon E6540 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 15MB)