Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 95W)
Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 1.5MB)