Too many too count, but to name a few:
- Wordpress is very bulky, Craft outputs ONLY the code you want/need it to.
- In order to achieve custom non-standard functionality in wordpress you must hack it, with Craft you simply build exactly what you want, how you want it, no hacking, no bastardizing a blogging platform, just good clean code.
- Craft is faster
- Craft is more secure
- Craft has a smaller, but MUCH more skilled developer pool.
- Yii
- Twig
...and the list goes on forever.
RE: [Part 4.5] Building A Website in Craft CMS - (Useful Plugins Part 5 - LinkIt)