A Thunderbolt 5 cable has lastly appeared, even earlier than Thunderbolt 5 docks have begun transport. Cable Issues is now promoting a number of “Intel Licensed” Thunderbolt 5 cables able to 120Gbps—however just one is price shopping for, finally.
Cable Issues is promoting Thunderbolt 5 cables at Amazon for $32.99 apiece, with a ten p.c low cost coupon on high of that. That nabs you a 3.3-foot cable, which might be the perfect size. Cable Issues can be promoting cables in 1-foot for $22.99 and 1.6-feet for $26.99.
I wouldn’t advocate the shorter lengths, particularly the foot-long, which can be nice for a sandwich however not on your desk. It’s too quick for sensible use. The 1.6-feet size could possibly be okay relying.
Thunderbolt 5 is the following iteration of the Thunderbolt specification for PCs and Thunderbolt docking stations. Whereas Thunderbolt 4 transfers as much as 40Gbps in both path, Thunderbolt 5 doubles that to 80Gbps bidirectionally, plus an non-compulsory 120Gbps “increase” within the show path if wanted.
Needless to say none of those three cable lengths will really fulfill a Thunderbolt 5 desktop PC positioned beneath your desk, which is a key motive for purchasing a standalone cable within the first place. (I’d additionally anticipate each Thunderbolt 5 dock to ship with its personal cable, too, that are sometimes about 2.5- to three.5-feet lengthy.)
However the launch of those cables does sign that Thunderbolt 5 gadgets are drawing nearer. We noticed the primary Thunderbolt 5 {hardware} at CES this previous January, with the caveat that they might ship later this 12 months. We’re nonetheless hoping for Thunderbolt 5 {hardware} to reach this fall, regardless that it gained’t be formally built-in into Intel’s Lunar Lake processor.
Cable Issues’ Thunderbolt 5 cables are right here