Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 24MB)
Xeon E 2488 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)