Xeon E 2478 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Intel Xeon E3 1235L v5 's Advantages
Lower TDP (25W vs 80W)