Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)
Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)