
Intel CPU sockets and slots
Desktop sockets Mobile sockets Server sockets
Slot 1 Socket 441 Socket 8
Socket 370 Socket 479 Slot 2
Socket 423 Socket 495 Socket 603
Socket 478 Socket M Socket 604
LGA 775 Socket P PAC418
LGA 1366 Socket G1 PAC611
LGA 1156 Socket G2 LGA 771
LGA 1155 ------- LGA 1366
LGA 2011 ------- LGA 1156
LGA 1150 -------- LGA 1155
LGA 1155 --------
LGA 1356 --------
LGA 1248 --------
LGA 1567 --------
LGA 2011 -------
Legacy non-proprietary sockets
Socket 1
Socket 2
Socket 3
Socket 4
Socket 5
Socket 6
Socket 7
Xeon 5500 Xeon 5600
Nehalem microarchitecture Nehalem microarchitecture 0.045 micron
0.045 micron 0.045 micron
Server CPU Server CPU
or 4 cores2 Up to 6 cores
Up to 3.33 GHz Up to 4.4 GHz
Up to 1 MB L2 cache Up to 1.5 MB L2 cache
Up to 8 MB L3 cache Up to 12 MB L3 cache
Up to 6.4 GT/s QPI Up to 6.4 GT/s QPI
SSSE3, SSE4 SSSE3, SSE4, AES
HyperThreading HyperThreading
Virtualization Virtualization
Turbo Boost Turbo Boost
2-way processing-2 way processing
Socket 1366 Socket 1366
Xeon E5-2600 Xeon E7-2800
Sandy Bridge microarchitecture Nehalem microarchitecture
0.032 micron0.032 micron
Server CPU Server CPU
Up to 8 cores Up to 10 cores
Up to 3.3 GHz Up to 2.4 GHz
Up to 2.5 MB L2 cache
Up to 20 MB L3 cache Up to 30 MB L3 cache
Up to 6.4 GT/s QPI
SSE4, AES, AVX SSE4, AES
HyperThreading HyperThreading
Virtualization Virtualization
Turbo Boost Turbo Boost
2-way processing-2 way processing
Not released yet
Socket 2011 Socket 1567
Xeon E7-2800
Nehalem microarchitecture
0.032 micron
Server CPU
Up to 10 cores
Up to 2.4 GHz
Up to 2.5 MB L2 cache
Up to 30 MB L3 cache
Up to 6.4 GT/s QPI
SSE4, AES
HyperThreading
Virtualization
Turbo Boost
2-way processing
Socket 1567
Sandy Bridge microarchitecture
0.032 micron
Server CPU
Up to 8 cores
Up to 2.4 GHz
Up to 20 MB L3 cache
SSE4, AES, AVX
HyperThreading
Virtualization
Turbo Boost
2-way processing
Not released yet
Socket 1356