What’s the difference may be obvious but what’s the benefit is a whole other question.
Answer?
If it’s a Hope hub (and they aren’t alone) nothing. Not a bean. Zip.
150mm spacing was supposed to give us stronger rear wheels by virtue of having less dish (and it’s dishing the wheel that weakens it). But the stupid component manufacturers (yes you Hope among others) never made the flanges of their 150mm hubs any wider, they just extended the ends a bit thereby negating the whole reason for having a 150mm hub. I can only think they did this because it’s cheaper than going to the effort of making them properly.
There are 150mm hubs on the market that do widen the flanges, Hadley are one example, I think CK do as well as some other makes.
and I think some Intenses?
Some Intense frames are cross compatible, but you need to change the whole drop out (which is expensive on Intense’s system); it’s something like £150 IIRC.