Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 270W)
Intel Xeon w7 3455 's Advantages
Released 11 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (67.5MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)