The Socket LGA 1200 is a CPU socket designed by Intel Corporation for use with their latest 10th and 11th generation desktop processors. It features 1200 pins and supports the latest Intel technologies, such as Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 and Intel Optane Memory. The LGA 1200 socket is designed for use with the Intel Z490, B460, and H410 chipsets, and offers improved power delivery and thermal performance over its predecessor, the LGA 1151 socket. This socket supports a wide range of desktop processors, including Intel Core i9, i7, i5, and i3 processors, making it an ideal choice for high-performance computing applications such as gaming and content creation.
LGA 1200 is an Intel microprocessor compatible socket for Comet Lake (10th gen) and Rocket Lake (11th-gen) desktop CPUs which was released in Q2 2020.
LGA 1200 is designed as a replacement for the LGA 1151 (known as Socket H4). LGA 1200 is a land grid array mount with 1200 protruding pins to make contact with the pads on the processor. It uses a modified design of LGA 1151, with 49 more pins on it, improving power delivery and offering support for future incremental I/O features. Pin 1 position remains the same as it was in previous generation processors, but it has shifted socket keying to left (previously it was right), making Comet Lake processors incompatible both electrically and mechanically with previous chips.
ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte and MSI have confirmed their motherboards based on the Intel Z490 chipset support the 11th generation Intel Rocket Lake desktop CPUs. Full PCIe 4.0 support is confirmed for selected brands. ASUS did not include support to PCIe 4.0 on M.2, hindering support for PCIe gen 4.0 NVMe SSDs.
