Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 87W)
Intel Xeon E3 1290 v2 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 1.5MB)