Labstack Pick

Comparison

Beelink EQ12 vs Beelink SER5

EQ12 wins on idle watts and dual 2.5GbE for a quiet HA/router lab node; SER5 wins when you need Ryzen cores for VMs or light iGPU transcode. Pick power budget first, then RAM ceiling.

Beelink EQ12

Low-power Intel N100 box suited to quiet Home Assistant and light Proxmox nodes with dual 2.5GbE.

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Beelink SER5

Compact AMD Ryzen mini-PC often used for Proxmox and Home Assistant with upgradeable SODIMM.

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Spec side-by-side

Field Beelink EQ12 Beelink SER5
cpu Intel Processor N100 AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (typical config)
ram gb max 32 64
nic 2.5GbE, 2.5GbE 2.5GbE
wifi True True
storage M.2 NVMe M.2 NVMe, 2.5 SATA
tdp w est 6
use cases home_assistant, proxmox_light, opnsense_lab proxmox, home_assistant, plex_igpu

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