Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 3 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Lower TDP (45W vs 65W)
Opteron 3380 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 1.5MB)