Yes, there's a crucial difference: the Task.Factory. StartNew is not preserving the synchronization context whereas when using async/await this context is preserved. For example in an ASP.NET application this means that if you use Task.Factory.
StartNew the HttpContext might not be accessible inside the task whereas if you use async/await it will be available.
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