Intel Xeon E3 1220L 's Advantages
Lower TDP (20W vs 45W)
Xeon E 2176M 's Advantages
Released 7 years late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 3MB)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)