Xeon E 2278GE 's Advantages
Released 9 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.666GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)
Xeon X7542 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 16MB)