#INTEL THUNDERBOLT 3 VS USB C FOR MAC#
The Apple Thunderbolt display was certified for Mac only and may not work properly when connected to Windows based PCs.” See the following link for information on specific launch dates for specific CPU skus. Yes, solutions and products built to Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 specifications will work with most Thunderbolt 3 PCs via an adapter, except Intel platforms launched in 2020 and later such as 10th gen Intel® Core™ vPro® platforms, 10th gen Intel® Core™ desktop and mobile processors. “Are Thunderbolt™ 4 PCs backwards compatible with Thunderbolt™, Thunderbolt™ 2, or Thunderbolt 3 based accessories?Īccessories built to Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 specifications are not supported by Thunderbolt 4 PCs.Īccessories built to the Thunderbolt 3 specification are fully supported by Thunderbolt 4 PCs.Īre Thunderbolt™ 3 PCs backwards compatible with Thunderbolt™ and Thunderbolt™ 2 accessories? Thunderbolt 4 is one cable that works for everything today and yesterday, period.Ĭould you please clarify something very interesting I found on Intel’s Thunderbolt website ( ) regarding Thunderbolt 4 backwards compatibility. If you have a Thunderbolt 3/USC-C drive connected to a USB 2.0 port via an adapter, you will only get USB 2.0 speeds of 480 Mb/s.) (Note: the data rate and power delivery are based on what is connected. No matter if connecting a USB-C device or a Thunderbolt device-you always have the maximum of up to 40Gb/s of data possible and certified power up to 100 Watts. One cable to rule them all!Īnd don’t forget the fantastic Thunderbolt 4 cables! Our Thunderbolt 4 cables-ranging from 0.7 to 2 meters in length-are all 100% universal for all USB-C to C uses, as well as USB4. But otherwise, prior chipsets are designed for the highest performance to storage, PCIe slots, etc. Prior chipsets can only provide a daisy-chain port. The only thing a Thunderbolt 4 peripheral can do that wasn’t on prior Thunderbolt 3 named chipsets is add more Thunderbolt 3/4 Type-C ports. In fact, solutions like that can not be built with so-named Thunderbolt 4 chipsets today as that’s not what those chipsets are designed to be used for.
#INTEL THUNDERBOLT 3 VS USB C PRO#
The only new chipsets to date are those that have enabled us to provide the very first Hubs and Docks that provide extra Thunderbolt ports.Įxisting Thunderbolt chipsets (and no need to call them Thunderbolt 3) are the best solution for products like our Thunderblade, Envoy Pro SX, Envoy Pro FX, Thunderbays, etc. While Thunderbolt 4 enforces requirement standards for the host/computer offering these ports, this is still technically the same 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 USB-C capability we’re all familiar with. It’s been a year, why don’t we have more Thunderbolt 4 peripherals other than docks and hubs? Since the M1 Apple models could only support one display via their Thunderbolt connections, Apple was not allowed to use the Thunderbolt 4 naming. As we have talked about, Thunderbolt 4 is more a standards enforcement as opposed to being a change to speeds that we already had with even Thunderbolt 3 Intel Macs since 2016. While the M1 models are limited to a single external display via Thunderbolt, the new M1Pro and M1Max based models now support two displays over Thunderbolt. Why weren’t M1 Macs not designated at Thunderbolt 4 compatible? Elgato has a few of these, along with other manufactures.There are two main issues that have come up. But since Thunderbolt 3 uses discrete Thunderbolt chips to operate, their cables will not work if you plug them into a USB-C port, even though they are the same shape.īut that's not all-Thunderbolt connections also come as docking stations that allow you to easily plug in peripherals or connect an Ethernet cable. Think of it as DisplayPort, PCIe 3rd-gen, and USB 3.1 all rolled into one connection. All around, it has greater performance when it comes to video and audio output, and data transfer, than a USB-C. Additionally, Thunderbolt 3 is also capable of audio output. Like a USB-C connection, it can charge devices and allows data transfer, but a Thunderbolt 3 connection can present video content on up to two 4K displays or one 5K display at 60Hz and provide a signal boost for VR headsets. Anything longer and that speed drops down to 20Gbps, but there are active cables that retain the top speed, but cost a lot more. Data can travel across Thunderbolt 3 at 40Gbps, which is twice as fast as the Thunderbolt 2 connection and four times as fast as a USB-C connection across USB 3.1-as long as the cable is 1.6-feet or shorter. Thunderbolt 3 is currently the most up-to-date version of this connection type, having first been introduced into the tech-space in 2015, the same time as USB-C. Elgato Thunderbolt 3 mini dock (Image credit: Elgato) Thunderbolt 3
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