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How to Identify the Socket for Intel® Desktop Processor

Content Type: Identify My Product   |   Article ID: 000005931   |   Last Reviewed: 02/06/2025

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

For Installation manuals, videos, tool, software, and guides, use Intel® Processor Installation Support, and choose Desktop.

Follow the steps below to identify the socket for your Intel® Desktop Processor.

This information is available on the Product Specification page.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Identify your Intel® Processor, or the processor you need to find the information for.
  2. Visit the product specification page.
  3. Enter the Intel processor number in the Search Intel.com field located upper-right corner.
  4. Click the processor's link on the search results page.
  5. Once you are on the processor specification page, click Specifications section.
  6. Click Package Specifications.
  7. Look up the Sockets Supported field.

Here is an example using Intel® Core™ i79-12900K Processor

 

 

 

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