Xeon E 2478 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 95W)