Howard Oakley of The Eclectic Light Company has been doing some testing of the Thunderbolt ports on M1 Macs, and it seems that real-world performance doesn't match Apple's claims. When using USB 3.1 Gen 2 devices with M1 Mac Thunderbolt ports, performance doesn't meet the expected connection speeds of up to 10Gb/s, meaning real-world read/write speeds will also fall short of expectations. Before diving into Oakley's test results, it's important to understand the USB 3.x standards. As outlined by...
Tests show Thunderbolt ports on M1 Macs don't fully support USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds
DP Review - 19 Apr 2022 15:10
Howard Oakley of The Eclectic Light Company has been doing some testing of the Thunderbolt ports on M1 Macs, and it seems that real-world performance doesn't match Apple's claims. When using USB 3.1 Gen 2 devices with M1 Mac Thunderbolt ports, performance doesn't meet the expected connection speeds of up to 10Gb/s, meaning real-world read/write speeds will also fall short of expectations. Before diving into Oakley's test results, it's important to understand the USB 3.x standards. As outlined by...
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