Intel Core i3 12100 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (60W vs 91W)
Intel Core i7 7700K 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.3GHz)