Thunderbolt 5 is REAL

Intel’s Next-Gen Thunderbolt Technology

Free the Flow

With a total of 80 Gbps of bi-directional bandwidth, Thunderbolt 5 has 2x the bandwidth of previous generations. That means Thunderbolt 5 enables drives and hubs that don’t just move data faster, they move more data faster, sending your workflow into a bottleneck-free bliss.

Powering Performance for Creators and Gamers

Depending on your host connection, Thunderbolt 5 supports the maximum bandwidth available:

Thunderbolt 5: Up to 80Gb/s bi-directional data with up to 120Gb/s video stream performance

Thunderbolt 4: Up to 40Gb/s

Thunderbolt 3: Up to 40Gb/s

USB4: Up to 40Gb/s (USB4 hosts) or up to 80Gb/s (USB4 V2 hosts)

USB-C: Up to 10Gb/s

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Thunderbolt 5 is up to 2x faster than Thunderbolt 4 & USB4

Peep Every Pixel

Nothing can complicate a desk setup faster than adding multiple displays to your workflow. Not only does a Thunderbolt 5 hub or dock make it easy to connect multiple Thunderbolt displays—such as Apple’s Studio Display or Pro Display XDR—with the addition of intelligent bandwidth scaling and DisplayPort 2.1 support, Thunderbolt 5 can support multiple high-resolution, high refresh rate monitors with ease.

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Ports for Days… and Years

Built atop PCIe Gen 4, Thunderbolt 5 gives you the flexibility to connect all of your tools. And with expansive hubbing capability and the assurance of forward and backward compatibility with past and future Macs, Thunderbolt 5 is a future-proof investment in your Apple workflow.

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Reinventing the Daisy Chain… Again

Get more out of your ports with enhanced daisy chaining capability. With all that new extra bandwidth, Thunderbolt 5 makes daisy chain performance between hubs, drives, and displays even better.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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