intel socket Differences

[shaharazu]

Hello everyone,

I would be happy if someone could refer me to an article or just explain to me what the difference Between intel sockets.

There are so many types and I have no idea what will be the best for me and beyond that I would be really happy to expand my knowledge about this subject.

 

[Enderman]

The most recent one, Z370.

Unless you can't afford a new motherboard and CPU and you need to buy used.

[seon123]

The pin count. LGA1151 has 1151 pins. LGA2066 has 2066 pins. etc. None of them are intercompatible with CPUs using different sockets

[ImNotThere]

6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

The most recent one, Z370.

Unless you can't afford a new motherboard and CPU and you need to buy used.

thats a chipset

sockets are what the cpus fit into, they are slightky different sizez with more or less pins to accomodate different cpus

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

The pin count. LGA1151 has 1151 pins. LGA2066 has 2066 pins. etc. None of them are intercompatible with CPUs using different sockets

(apart from 771 to 775)

[kaiju_wars]

Well it really just depends.  If you're trying to build a new computer, it really depends (also remember AMD is a very valid option now).

But for Intel, I might as well go back at least 10 years. 

• LGA 775, which used Core 2 Duos, Core 2 Quads, Core 2 Extremes.
• LGA 771 which used Xeons and some Core 2 Extremes.
• LGA 1156, which was first gen Intel Core i3s, i5s, and i7s.
• LGA 1366, which was first gen enthusiast i7s
• LGA 1155, which was Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge 
• LGA 1150 was used by Haswell and Broadwell CPUs
• LGA 1151 is used by Skylake, Kaby Lake, and now Cannon Lake.  Though Cannon Lake CPUs don't work on older chipsets on the same socket, currently only works on Z370.
• LGA 2011 - Intel's enthusiast platform with the X99 chipset
• LGA 2066 - Intel's current enthusiast socket with the X299 chipset.

 

Honestly, if it's just for gaming, any core i5 newer starting at Sandy Bridge is good.

But if you also look at AMD, Ryzen with AM4 is also a really solid option.  

 

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

The most recent one, Z370.

Unless you can't afford a new motherboard and CPU and you need to buy used.

That's a chipset, it's still LGA 1151

[Damascus]

Mainstream, mostly for gaming.  All i5s have up to seventh gen have 4 cores and 4 threads, all i7s up to seventh gen have 4 cores 8 threads.   Good for gaming and some productivity work, these chips OC the highest.  (eighth gen (Z370) has 6 cores, 6/12 threads and  is superior in every way to all other mainstream chip so far)  Every generation the CPU's are also faster, doing more per instruction cycle (IPC) Too many variant of chipset on mainstream, I wil include the OC boards.

 

1156 (P55) - first gen mainstream (don't generally recommend , this stuff is ancient)

1155 (P67, Z68, Z77) - second and third gen mainstream

1150 (Z87, Z97) - fourth gen mainstream

1151 (Z170, Z270, Z370) - sixth, seventh and (sort of) eighth gen mainstream

 

 

HEDT, I'm sure I'm missing some.  I am excluding Xeons.  High end desktop platforms have the most cores, the most features and the best motherboards but the cost a fortune.  Again, every  generation increases in IPC and is generally one generation behind in IPC (ie. X299 has 6th gen mainstream speeds)

 

LGA 1366 (X58) 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

LGA 2011 (X79) 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

LGA 2011 (X99) 6c/12t to 10c/20t available

LGA 2066 (X299) 6c/12t to 18c/36t available (with stupid mainstream chips also available but ignore them)

 

LGA 2011-0 supports 8c/16T unlocked CPUs, though those are quite expensive Xeons. Locked up to 12 cores are available.

LGA 2011-3 supports, as you said, up to 10C/20T unlocked cores, but locked up to 22C/44T are possible.

[kaiju_wars]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Mainstream, mostly for gaming.  All i5s have up to seventh gen have 4 cores and 4 threads, all i7s up to seventh gen have 4 cores 8 threads.   Good for gaming and some productivity work, these chips OC the highest.  (eighth gen (Z370) has 6 cores, 6/12 threads and  is superior in every way to all other mainstream chip so far)  Every generation the CPU's are also faster, doing more per instruction cycle (IPC)

 

1156 - first gen mainstream (don't generally recommend , this stuff is ancient)

1155 - second and third gen mainstream

1150 - fourth gen mainstream

1151 - sixth, seventh and (sort of) eighth gen mainstream

 

 

HEDT, I'm sure I'm missing some.  High end desktop platforms have the most cores, the most features and the best motherboards but the cost a fortune.  Again, every  generation increases in IPC and is generally one generation behind in IPC (ie. X299 has 6th gen mainstream speeds)

 

X58 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

X79 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

X99 6c/12t to 10c/20t available

X299 6c/12t to 18c/36t available (with stupid mainstream chips also available but ignore them)

To be fair, the HEDT platforms you're just using the chipset.  (I know, semantics) but still.  lol

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, kaiju_wars said:

To be fair, the HEDT platforms you're just using the chipset.  (I know, semantics) but still.  lol

Updated

[DailyProcrastinator]

5 minutes ago, shaharazu said:

Hello everyone,

I would be happy if someone could refer me to an article or just explain to me what the difference Between intel sockets.

There are so many types and I have no idea what will be the best for me and beyond that I would be really happy to expand my knowledge about this subject.

 

LGA 1151 is the only socket that will probably matter to you, it is Intel's mainstream consumer line and consists of 3 CPU families. As per all Intel CPU's you can get 'k' skewed processors, essentially meaning if there is a 'k' beside their name (like i7-6700k) it can be overclocked, otherwise it is locked to its factory set frequency.

 

-SkyLake CPU's were the first to come out on the the LGA 1151 socklet and consists of i3, i5, and i7 CPU's starting with a 6 (for example an i3-6100 or an i5-6600k), these CPU's released with the Z170 motherboard platform.

 

-KabyLake CPU's released next on socket LGA 1151, again consisting of i3, i5, and i7 CPU's, this time starting with 7 (IE an i5-7400 or a i7-7700k), these CPU's released with the Z270 motherboard platform. The best part about these two is that the CPU's and motherboard work with the generation before or after, so an i7-7700k will work with a Z170 motherboard and an i7-6700k works with a Z270 motherboard. Perforamnce gains of KabyLake over SkyLake were minimal so people are still buying SkyLake CPU's if they can get a good deal.

 

-CoffeeLake is the most recent CPU family on he LGA 1151 platform, it just released a few weeks ago and is actually quite exciting because it has a big performance gain over KabyLake. Now that being said there is still i3, i5, and i7 CPU's, starting with 8 (IE an i5-8600), but this time there is no backward or forward compatibility fromt he oldfer generation meaning you can only use the CoffeeLake CPU's with the Z370 motherboard platform it released with. This also means you cannot bring your SkyLake and KabyLake CPU's up to the new Z370 motherboards as well. So while they sit on the same socket LGA 1151 they are not compatible like the previous two generations.

 

Hope this gives you good insight!

[Enderman]

6 hours ago, kaiju_wars said:

That's a chipset, it's still LGA 1151

7 hours ago, ImNotThere said:

thats a chipset

sockets are what the cpus fit into, they are slightky different sizez with more or less pins to accomodate different cpus

If I said 1151 then he might have gotten a Z270 board by mistake.

That's why you go by chipset and not socket when buying boards.

 

Maybe you haven't noticed, but all Z370 boards are 1151.

[kaiju_wars]

2 hours ago, Enderman said:

If I said 1151 then he might have gotten a Z270 board by mistake.

That's why you go by chipset and not socket when buying boards.

 

Maybe you haven't noticed, but all Z370 boards are 1151.

I have noticed.  That's why I stated in my post that Cannon Lake only works with Z370.

 

You can state socket and chipset in the same post, as others have done for the current situation LGA 1151 is in.

[Ground]

12 hours ago, Damascus said:

Mainstream, mostly for gaming.  All i5s have up to seventh gen have 4 cores and 4 threads, all i7s up to seventh gen have 4 cores 8 threads.   Good for gaming and some productivity work, these chips OC the highest.  (eighth gen (Z370) has 6 cores, 6/12 threads and  is superior in every way to all other mainstream chip so far)  Every generation the CPU's are also faster, doing more per instruction cycle (IPC) Too many variant of chipset on mainstream, I wil include the OC boards.

 

1156 (P55) - first gen mainstream (don't generally recommend , this stuff is ancient)

1155 (Z68) - second and third gen mainstream

1150 (Z77, Z87, Z97)- fourth gen mainstream

1151 (Z170, Z270, Z370) - sixth, seventh and (sort of) eighth gen mainstream

 

 

HEDT, I'm sure I'm missing some.  High end desktop platforms have the most cores, the most features and the best motherboards but the cost a fortune.  Again, every  generation increases in IPC and is generally one generation behind in IPC (ie. X299 has 6th gen mainstream speeds)

 

LGA 1366 (X58) 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

LGA 2011 (X79) 4c/8t to 6c/12t available

LGA 2011 (X99) 6c/12t to 10c/20t available

LGA 2066 (X299) 6c/12t to 18c/36t available (with stupid mainstream chips also available but ignore them)

 

Couple mistakes in there;

1155 (P67, Z68, Z77) second and third gen mainstream
1150 (Z87, Z97), fourth and fifth gen mainstream

1151 Z170/Z270 is compatible, 1151 Z370 is not compatible with the others.

 

LGA 2011-0 supports 8c/16T unlocked CPUs, though those are quite expensive Xeons. Locked up to 12 cores are available.

LGA 2011-3 supports, as you said, up to 10C/20T unlocked cores, but locked up to 22C/44T are possible.

[Damascus]

2 hours ago, Ground said:

Couple mistakes in there;

1155 (P67, Z68, Z77) second and third gen mainstream
1150 (Z87, Z97), fourth and fifth gen mainstream

1151 Z170/Z270 is compatible, 1151 Z370 is not compatible with the others

Not so familiar with older stuff, will update.  (quite aware of the z370 compatibility)

2 hours ago, Ground said:

LGA 2011-0 supports 8c/16T unlocked CPUs, though those are quite expensive Xeons. Locked up to 12 cores are available.

LGA 2011-3 supports, as you said, up to 10C/20T unlocked cores, but locked up to 22C/44T are possible.

"HEDT, I'm sure I'm missing some" Thanks for filling in the blanks

[TheCherryKing]

These following sockets are rarely discussed:

LGA 3647: For Skylake-SP and Cascade Lake-SP Scalable Processors(Up to 28 Cores)

LGA 2011-2: For Xeon E7 Processors(Up to 24 Cores)