Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.266GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E5507 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (4MB vs 1.5MB)