To tell the difference thunderbolt 3 ports cables and gear are typically labeled with an arrow shaped like a lightning bolt.
Usb 3 0 to thunderbolt cable.
Usb c to usb 3 0 adapter type c otg cable usb c thunderbolt 3 male to usb a female adapter otg cable compatible with macbook pro 2018 2017 samsung galaxy note 10 and more 22cm blue model.
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Compared with apple usb c charge cable the apple usb c charge cable is longer 2m and also supports charging but data transfer speed is limited to 480mbps usb 2 0 and it doesn t support video.
It s important to know too that your usb c accessories and cables will work with a thunderbolt 3 port.
Compared to thunderbolt 2 it doubles the bandwidth to 40 gbit s 5 gb s allowing up to 4 lane pcie 3 0 and 8 lane displayport 1 2.
Before we get to what thunderbolt 3 can do compared to usb 3 1 let s talk about what it looks like.
Either cable can be used with the apple usb c power adapter.
It is available in a wide range of lengths ranging from 1 6 feet to a highly convenient 6 5 feet that means you can connect it to other devices on the other side of the room without stretching the parts or damaging your usb c port.
It shares usb c connectors with usb and can require special active cables for maximum performance for cable lengths over 0 5 meters 1 5 feet.
This 0 8 meter cable supports thunderbolt 3 data transfer up to 40 gbps usb 3 1 gen 2 data transfer up to 10 gbps displayport video output hbr3 and charging up to 100w.
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Usb 3 1 is.
Thunderbolt 3 is a hardware interface developed by intel.
All thunderbolt 3 ports are also usb c ports.
The apple thunderbolt 3 usb c cable has thunderbolt logo on the sleeve of each connector.
Both thunderbolt 3 and usb 3 1 use the usb type c connector and port.
Released on july 26 2013 usb 3 1 doubles the speed of usb 3 0 to 10gbps now called superspeed or superspeed usb 10 gbps making it as fast as the original thunderbolt standard.