Intel Xeon E5 2609 v3 's Advantages
Lower TDP (85W vs 95W)
Xeon E 2278G 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1600)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)