Xeon LC5518 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 3)
Lower TDP (48W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 2 months late
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.733GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)