Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E7540 's Advantages
Lower TDP (105W vs 120W)