Power of Thunderbolt 5. The Future of Data Transfer Speed. What does that Mean for You?

Why should you care about Thunderbolt 5 and how it will change your daily tech life?

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Thunderbolt 5:

The New Mac Computers with M4 Apple Silicon Chip has brought forth the Thunderbolt 5 with it. Of course, it is faster than Thunderbolt 4 but I just wanted to cover how this might affect your daily use.

If you own a computer you probably do a lot of data transfers. We have come a long way from USB-A to USB-C and Thunderbolt.

According to David Crookes from Mac Life, the Thunderbolt 5 can get a bandwidth of 80 Gbps for sending and receiving. Also, the boost feature will get you 120 Gbps sending and 40 Gbps receiving.

Thunderbolt 5 uses the new PAM-3 technology PAM stands for Pulse Amplitude Modulation you can get in-depth reading about this from Mac Life Feb 2025 magazine issue page 45.

Why should you care about this?

It is nice to see data transfers are getting faster. We need faster transfer technology because we are moving more and more data than ever before.

I had a computer with a floppy drive as my first computer and let me tell you…