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220-802 · Question #480

Which of the following is the correct socket type for a Pentium 4 processor?

The correct answer is A. 478. The Intel Pentium 4 processor used Socket 478, a 478-pin PGA socket. The other listed sockets belong to AMD or later Intel processor families.

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Question

Which of the following is the correct socket type for a Pentium 4 processor?

Options

  • A478
  • B939
  • C1366
  • DAM2+

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    94% (44)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)

Why each option

The Intel Pentium 4 processor used Socket 478, a 478-pin PGA socket. The other listed sockets belong to AMD or later Intel processor families.

A478Correct

Intel designed Socket 478 (also called mPGA478) specifically for the Pentium 4 (Northwood and Willamette cores) and Celeron processors of that generation. It is a 478-pin micro-PGA socket and was used from 2001 through approximately 2004, before Intel transitioned to Socket 775 (LGA775).

B939

Socket 939 is an AMD socket used for Athlon 64 and Opteron processors, not Intel Pentium 4.

C1366

Socket 1366 (LGA1366) is an Intel socket used for the first-generation Core i7 (Nehalem) processors, which came years after the Pentium 4.

DAM2+

AM2+ is an AMD socket used for Phenom and Athlon 64 X2 processors, not compatible with any Intel processor.

Concept tested: Intel Pentium 4 processor socket identification

Source: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/1900/products-formerly-northwood.html

Topics

#Pentium 4#socket 478#CPU socket type#processor compatibility

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