Apple sells the Thunderbolt 3 Pro cable for $ 130 |
Apple has started selling high-quality cables (Thunderbolt 3 Pro) through its online store with data rates of up to 40Gbps.
(Thunderbolt 3 Pro) The cable is a 2-meter black braid and costs $ 130. You can buy Amazon Kindle Paperwhite at this price.
The cable supports full specifications (Thunderbolt 3), including video (DisplayPort) and 100W charging, while simultaneously enabling second generation data transfer (USB 3.1) at up to 10Gbps.
(Thunderbolt 3) data transmission between compatible devices can reach 40 Gbit / s.
Of course, the price of the cables is not cheap, but there is no competitive option that video editors and other professionals can offer the same features at a lower price.
Apple initially started assembling cables with Pro Display XDR. This topic is explained on Reddit Cost.
(Belkin Thunderbolt 3) Cable price is $ 79.95. Also sold by Apple. DisplayPort does not support video or data transfer (USB 3.1). This means that the cable is only suitable for applications, as the series contains every device (Thunderbolt 3).
If you use this cable to connect your MacBook Pro to an external Thunderbolt dock or GPU dock, the USB device accessory ports are limited to USB 2.0 at 480Mbps.
However, if you don't need length or strand, the standard Thunderbolt 3 (0.8m) cable provided by Apple costs $ 39, but the new cable (Thunderbolt 3 Pro) provides many functions with the length. .
Apple says: If you connect your Mac to Thunderbolt 3 (like (ProDisplay XDR) and hard drives) via USB-C, the cable is perfect.
If you connect Thunderbolt 3 drives and want to run at 40Gbps, the drives will only be able to do this if you use Thunderbolt 3 Pro or TB3 ($ 100) fiber cables set at a distance of no more than half a meter.