Since USB 2.0 is a rather slow interface and eSATA is not going well with hot plugging and compatibility, there comes many kinds of USB3.0 appeared. Moreover, the U disk and the performance of the hard drive even beats the traditional built-in hard drive. But today, the fastest external interface in the world is the thunderbolt 3 interface jointly developed by Apple and Intel.

What is Thunderbolt 3 interface?

Thunderbolt 3 interface can provide 40Gbit/s bandwidth through PCI-E, which is 7 times that of standard SATA. The price of Thunderbolt 3 is also more than 7 times that of ordinary interfaces. Is the fast speed that makes Thunderbolt 3 worth the price?

Why is Thunderbolt 3 interface good?

Nowadays, some Thunderbolt 3 have external solid state. Although the speed is greater than the upper limit of USB bandwidth, you should always bear in mind that the solid state uses the Thunderbolt 3 protocol, which does not mean that it can be used to meet the maximum theoretical bandwidth. You need to check the solid state itself and the protocol’s parameters to make sure what products you could choose.

The second advantage of Thunderbolt 3 is that it can be directly connected to the PCI bus of the computer, so the delay will be smaller. But if every device connected including the cable supports Thunderbolt 3, it can do something big. Thunderbolt 3 interface goes with PCI-E, thus you can attach with a large RAID storage device, and you don’t have to worry about performance loss at all. There are also ways to go other than storage - external audio interface, external graphics card, 4K capture card, 10 Gigabit King card and even PCI-E expansion box.

In a word: Thunderbolt 3 the top presentation of USB Type-C.

It can achieve most of the functions of USB Type C, and it can be extended to a variety of devices. In addition, it is compatible with a variety of transmission protocols on the market, which means that Thunderbolt 3 can replace almost all interfaces on the computer, so there is laptop merely with a Thunderbolt 3 interface on the market. Now Thunderbolt 3 is a real favorite for people, because it is really worth it, and the improvement of high-speed performance is the improvement in efficiency.

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