Xeon E 2456 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1333)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)
Xeon E7 4870 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 18MB)