Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E3 1225 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 1.5MB)