It has a larger minimum footprint (~300 MB) compared to 40 MB of XPe and also requires product activation. Windows Embedded Standard 7 was released on April 27, 2010. Windows Embedded 8 Standard was released on March 20, 2013.
Windows Embedded Standard 7 has a greater minimum storage requirement (~300 MB) compared to XPe (40 MB), and it requires activation. Windows Embedded 8 Standard was released later, on March 20, 2013.