The difference is pretty simple.
$wpdb->prefix is getting the prefix field from global $wpdb object.
$table_prefix can be anything. Most probably it’s some local variable that contains the same value, but you can assign anything to that variable.
So using $wpdb->prefix is a better idea – it’s nicer, cleaner and more obvious.
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