Xeon E 2478 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1866)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 1.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 28nm)
Opteron A1150 's Advantages
Lower TDP (32W vs 80W)