Xeon E 2456 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 16.5MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 105W)
Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.3GHz)