Xeon X3430 's Advantages
Lower TDP (95W vs 120W)
Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)