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 32nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 60W)
Intel Xeon L5640 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 1.5MB)