Intel Xeon D 1518 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (35W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E5503 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (4MB vs 1.5MB)