Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (4 vs 2)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 90nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 68W)
Opteron 2218 HE 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2GHz)