AMD A6-5200M vs AMD EPYC 7261

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-5200M and AMD EPYC 7261 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD A6-5200M

AMD EPYC 7261

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-5200M

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7261

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-5200M	AMD EPYC 7261
Essentials
Family	AMD A-Series Processors	AMD EPYC
OPN Tray	AM5200IAJ44HM	PS7261BEV8RAF
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Series	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2 GHz	2.5 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
Unlocked
L3 cache		64 MB
Maximum frequency		2.9 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	1	8
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz/2666 MHz
Graphics
Enduro
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8400
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0