Socket 754 is a 754-contact CPU socket used by some AMD Athlon and Sempron processors.

Socket-754 supports a 200MHz system clock and an 800Mhz HyperTransport link.

Socket-754 is similar to Socket-939, except that Socket-754 supports only one memory controller channel as opposed to the dual channels available on the Socket-939 and that the HyperTransport bus is 800MHz as opposed to 1000Mhz.

The Socket-754 is a Pin Grid Array (PGA) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket.

A ZIF socket features a lever on one side of the socket. When this lever is pulled up, the spring contacts inside the socket are opened. This allows the CPU to be inserted easily into the socket. The lever is then pushed down, closing the spring contacts and clamping the CPU into place.