Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 130W)
Intel Xeon W3680 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.333GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 1.5MB)