About LGA 1356 Socket Processors

LGA 1356

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LGA 1356, also known as Socket B2, is an unreleased Intel microprocessor compatible socket which supports future Intel Sandy Bridge microprocessor. LGA is short for Land Grid Array.

LGA 1356 is designed as a replacement for the LGA 1366 (known as Socket B). LGA 1356 has 1356 protruding pins to make contact with the pads on the processor. Processors of LGA 1356 and LGA 1366 sockets are not compatible with each other since they have different socket notches.

The main difference between LGA 2011 and LGA 1356 is 2 QPI connections on the LGA 2011 and 1 QPI connection on the LGA 1356. Other noticeable difference include 2 more Gen 3 PCI-e connections on the LGA 2011 and supports one more channel of DDR3, each of its DDR3 channel can support one more DIMM (only applicable to DDR3 and not DDR3-L) ^[1]