Xeon W 11955M 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 18MB)
Lower TDP (35W vs 80W)
Xeon E 2456 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.1GHz)