In my experience, such drives ship with a USB 3.1-only cable! And USB 3.1 drives with USB-C connectors aren’t that common because there’s little advantage to using USB-C on both ends: a USB-3.0/3.1 ...

Thunderbolt 3 can transfer data up to 40 Gbps – you can get this speed with official Thunderbolt 3 cables or a good-quality USB-C cable that's less than about 1.6 feet in length.

Before we compare USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3 —the latest technologies quickly becoming popularized in new devices—we need to talk about USB Type-C (or USB-C).

The braided $129 Thunderbolt 3 Pro Cable supports the full Thunderbolt 3 spec, including DisplayPort video and 100 watt charging, while allowing for USB 3.1 Gen 2 data transfers up to 10 Gbps.

This USB-C cable supports Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB 4, USB 3.2, USB 3.1, USB Power, and more. It also supports up to 100W power delivery and data transfer speeds of up to 40Gb/s.

There's never been any question of which standard was faster -- first-generation Thunderbolt blew USB 3.0 out of the water -- but higher device costs, expensive cables, and limited OEM uptake have ...

I anticipate that, now that Thunderbolt 3 is out and available in a mainstream Mac, other manufacturers will ship more new high-end computers with Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C. USB 3.1 Gen 2 tops out at 10 ...

In addition to the new connector, Thunderbolt 3 now also supports USB 3.1 (i.e. Gen 2, up to 10Gbps), and the Thunderbolt transport layer sees its max bandwidth doubled from 20Gbps to 40Gbps (bi ...

However, the leaked USB4 cable is based on the Thunderbolt 4 protocol, allowing it to offer equivalent speeds of 40Gbps, or twice the preceding USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard.

Thunderbolt logo helps it stand out from other cables Daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt 3 devices The availability of the new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable was first spotted by MacGeneration.

The theoretical maximum speed of Thunderbolt 3 is 40 Gbps. That’s four times faster than the current USB-C standard. USB also uses a hub architecture, where Thunderbolt uses daisy-chaining.

But now, Apple finally makes its own Thunderbolt 3 cable. It’s a 0.8-meter (2.62-foot) USB-C to USB-C cable, and it can transfer data at up to 40 Gbps while charging at up to 100W.