We are partial to 35W desktop CPUs. They offer amazing performance and the latest bells and whistles in a fanless-friendly thermal enveloppe (although last generations run way hotter than they should). Here's Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake T-series that should be available early 2022.
i9-12900T 16 (8+8) 24T 30MB L3 up to 4.9GHz UHD Graphics 770
i7-12700T 12 (8+4) 20T 25MB L3 up to 4.7GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12600T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.6GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12500T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.4GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12400T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.2GHz UHD Graphics 730
i3-12300T 4 (4+0) 8T 12MB L3 up to 4.2GHz UHD Graphics 730
i3-12100T 4 (4+0) 8T 12MB L3 up to 4.1GHz UHD Graphics 730
i7-12700T 12 (8+4) 20T 25MB L3 up to 4.7GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12600T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.6GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12500T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.4GHz UHD Graphics 770
i5-12400T 6 (6+0) 12T 18MB L3 up to 4.2GHz UHD Graphics 730
i3-12300T 4 (4+0) 8T 12MB L3 up to 4.2GHz UHD Graphics 730
i3-12100T 4 (4+0) 8T 12MB L3 up to 4.1GHz UHD Graphics 730
