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Although both data transfer protocols have been around for a few years now on Macs (particularly MacBooks), there’s still a lot of confusion about Thunderbolt 3<\/a> and USB-C<\/a>. Both of the protocols use the same port, but that doesn’t mean that Thunderbolt 3 products can connect to USB-C ports. In this post, we’ll explain the difference between the two protocols and also talk about what may be coming down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Most Important Thing To Know:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 All Thunderbolt 3 Ports are also USB-C Ports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C take advantage of the same reversible port, meaning that you can’t plug in a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 cable “the wrong way”. However, Thunderbolt 3 ports have extra hardware associated with them to allow high-bandwidth data transfers between devices, while USB-C ports do not have the necessary hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intel developed Thunderbolt 3 to provide speedy data transfer between devices, building upon PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort. Think of PCIe as being like a 4-lane highway while USB-C is a one-lane paved road. Shipping data down 10 lanes at the same time is much more efficient than lining up data packets one after another to trudge down that one-lane road. Thunderbolt 3 has a lot more speed, but those Thunderbolt 3 devices have to be plugged into a Thunderbolt 3 port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"(Two<\/a>
(Two Thunderbolt 3 ports on the side of a late 2018 MacBook Air.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Any Thunderbolt 3 port can have a Thunderbolt 3 device plugged into it and operate up to the maximum transfer rate of 4o Gigabits per second (Gbps) or 5 Gigabytes per second (GB\/s). A Thunderbolt 3 port can also connect to any USB-C device because Thunderbolt 3 supports USB-C. Have a USB-C hard disk or solid-state drive? Plug it into your Thunderbolt 3 port on your MacBook Pro and it will work, although only at USB-C speeds. That same drive can also be used with the USB-C port on a 12-inch MacBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Second Most Important Thing To Know: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Not All USB-C Ports are also Thunderbolt 3 Ports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plug a Thunderbolt 3 peripheral into a USB-C port, and you’ll probably be disappointed when nothing happens. Why is this? There is no PCIe controller in the USB-C port, so the Thunderbolt 3 device can’t communicate with the computer. For example, if someone tries plugging a Thunderbolt 3 display into the USB-C port on a 2018 Apple iPad Pro, they won’t see a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early 2018, Intel came out with a new family of Thunderbolt 3 controllers by the name of Titan Ridge. What’s interesting about Titan Ridge controllers is that they can maintain the full 40 Gbps throughput of Thunderbolt 3 when connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port, and also have a USB-C fallback mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fallback mode enables accessories with a Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3 controller to “fall back” to USB-C speeds and capabilities when plugged into a USB-C port or a USB-C hub like the OWC USB-C Dock<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s an issue with this; almost no manufacturers advertise the type of Thunderbolt 3 controller being used in their devices so you don’t know if a Titan Ridge controller is inside the peripheral. What you’ll probably see instead in marketing materials is the phrase “connects to both Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Multiple Thunderbolt 3 peripherals connected to an OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Third Most Important Thing To Know: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Thunderbolt 3 Can Daisy-Chain Peripherals, USB-C Cannot<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have multiple Thunderbolt 3 peripherals — perhaps an external GPU chassis like the OWC Mercury Helios FX 650<\/a>, a couple of OWC ThunderBay 6 RAID<\/a> enclosures, a pair of external 5K displays, and a fast portable drive like the OWC Envoy Pro EX<\/a> for taking work on the road — you can daisy-chain them, basically connecting all of those peripherals to a single Thunderbolt 3 port (the Helios FX and Envoy Pro EX will be at the end of the chain, as they have one port). You can’t daisy-chain USB-C peripherals; each requires its own port to connect to. For example, your chain of devices could look like this: OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock > ThunderBay 6 > Helios FX or Envoy Pro EX TB3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> All the devices in a Thunderbolt 3 chain need to be powered devices and have two Thunderbolt 3 ports, except the end-chain device, which can be either bus-powered (like the Envoy) or self-powered (like the Helios).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is There A Thunderbolt 4 In Our Future?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At this point, Intel, Apple and other manufacturers haven’t said anything about creating a new Thunderbolt hardware interface standard to replace Thunderbolt 3. However, the need for speed could be driving some changes in the future…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Intel Introduces Thunderbolt 4: What Is It and Does It Matter?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although many of us still haven’t upgraded to 4K UHDTV, manufacturers are beginning to demonstrate 8K high dynamic range (HDR) displays. A single 8K display has a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels (33.2 megapixels) and to drive that display at a refresh rate of 60 Hz would require a bandwidth of at least 62 Gbit\/s (that’s for uncompressed high color depth HDR10 video). The next iteration of Thunderbolt will most likely double the speed from Thunderbolt 3’s 40 Gbit\/s throughput to 80 Gbit\/s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned to the Rocket Yard<\/a> throughout 2019 to remain up to date on all things Thunderbolt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although both data transfer protocols have been around for a few years now on Macs (particularly MacBooks), there’s still a lot of confusion about Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C. Both of the protocols use the same port, but that doesn’t mean that Thunderbolt 3 products can connect to USB-C ports. 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