Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Lower TDP (45W vs 200W)
AMD EPYC 7552 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 1.5MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)