Xeon E 2478 's Advantages
Released 6 years late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 11MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)
Intel Xeon W 2140B 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.8GHz)