Intel Core i3 8100T 's Advantages
Lower TDP (35W vs 125W)
Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 6 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)