Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (69W vs 120W)