Xeon L5645 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 1066)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (60W vs 80W)
Xeon E5540 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.4GHz)