Intel Xeon D 1520 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 69W)
Intel Xeon E3 1280 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 1.5MB)