Intel Xeon E3 1220L 's Advantages
Lower TDP (20W vs 250W)
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)