Thunderbolt

Only if your host supports it and you move large files. The USB4 drives here roughly double the throughput of the fastest USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 drives, around 3.2GB/s against 1.8GB/s, which is real time saved on a 100GB video transfer. If you are moving documents and photos, or your laptop tops out at 10Gbps, a Gen 2×2 drive at half the price is the better buy. Note also that a Thunderbolt 5 drive on an older port runs at the older port’s speed, which our Pro5 testing shows plainly.

The RTX 4060 on the Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock delivered playable frame rates in Forza Horizon 6 on the ASUS Zenbook A16. A frame rate counter failed to work for that game, so no specific FPS numbers were reported. Answered

Swipe to scroll horizontally Value Despite initially seeming like an expensive dock, once you weigh up the features, it’s extremely well priced.  3.5 Design Reflective of the Mac Mini, the weight and size make this a great desktop option with a premium build and the option to install an SSD 4.5 Features Integrated NVMe enclosure, 140W charging, UHS-II card readers and single cable connection to your machine 4 Performance To make the most of the speed, you need Thunderbolt 5, and it is a good, balanced option 4 Overall A great dock that will be a perfect partner for any creative, an upgrad

Like earlier, it maxes out around 20-25 Gbps, because of the slower Thunderbolt 3 connection. Testing Samba file copies between my NAS and my Mac, I got around 1.4 GB/sec read, and 1 GB/sec write. That's only marginally better than the built-in 10G Ethernet. It's an improvement, sure... but was all the work pulling fiber, designing a fan cowling, paying $200 for all the parts, and assembling everything worth it? Maybe. At least I got this blog post out of it.