Intel Core i9 12900 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)
Intel Core i7 6800K 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)