Socket 4
Component for processors
title: "Socket 4" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["intel-cpu-sockets"] description: "Component for processors" topic_path: "general/intel-cpu-sockets" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_4" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Component for processors ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox CPU socket"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Socket 4 |
| image | [[File:Socket 4.jpg |
| formfactors | PPGA |
| contacts | 273 |
| type | ZIF |
| protocol | ? |
| fsb | 60, 66 MT/s |
| voltage | 5 V |
| processors | Intel P5 Pentium |
| predecessor | Socket 3 |
| successor | Socket 5 |
| :: |
|name = Socket 4 |image = [[File:Socket 4.jpg|250px]] |formfactors = PPGA |contacts = 273 |type = ZIF |protocol = ? |fsb = 60, 66 MT/s |voltage = 5 V |processors = Intel P5 Pentium |predecessor = Socket 3 |successor = Socket 5 Socket 4, presented in 1993, was the first CPU socket designed for the early P5 Pentium microprocessors. Socket 4 was the only 5-volt socket for the Pentium. Socket 4 does support a special Pentium OverDrive, which allows running at 120 MHz (for the 60 MHz Pentium) or 133 MHz (for the 66 MHz Pentium).
Socket 4 was superseded by the 3.3-volt-powered Socket 5 in 1994.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Socket4.jpg" caption="A socket 4 processor mounted on a [[motherboard"] ::
References
References
- Kozierok, Charles M.. (17 April 2001). "Intel Socket 4 Specification".
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