Thunderbolt™ 4 Advantages
A fast, simple, reliable solution for your customers
For Consumers

For Work & Home Office

For Gamers

For Creators

Use your computer anywhere andthen easily connect it with a single
cable at your desk to enjoy aThunderbolt dock, larger monitor
and accessories, all while charging
your computer.

Create a more productive andsecure workspace with a single
cable that connects to power, amouse, keyboard, webcam andmultiple monitors.

Create an immersive gaming
experience and reduce cableclutter with Thunderbolt docks
and monitors. Add more storage
capacity with speeds up to 3,000
MB/s to quickly load games.

Create and enjoy a clutter-freedesktop with Thunderbolt docks,
color-accurate monitors, lowlatency audio interfaces and fasterstorage to spend more timecreating and less time working.

Look for the Thunderbolt icon for all these benefits
One universal port
makes it simple toconnect to multiple
protocols

Always maximum performance¹
Unleash the power of your processor
Thunderbolt 4& Thunderbolt 3

40 Gbps

USB4

20 Gbps

USB 3.2

5 GbpsA smarter workspace with a single cable connected
to your dock and accessories
Computers, cables
and accessories
certified toensure a reliable
end-to-endsolution

Computers with Thunderbolt 4
offer fastest data transfers¹
Thunderbolt 4

Flippable and reversible,
universal cables

1,500MB/s

USB4

USB 3.2

Wake your docked
laptop by touching yourkeyboard or mouse

3,000MB/s

Enhanced security withIntel VT-d based DMA
protection

up to 2-meters long

1 Performance based on minimum specification requirements.
Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © 2020 Intel Corporation.

450MB/sThunderbolt 4 accessories
with up to four Thunderbolt portsComparing Thunderbolt™ 4 to other solutions

Help customers understand Thunderbolt™ 4 is the simplest, fastest, most reliable solution for connecting to power and accessories

Unrivaled
Simplicity

Reliable
Connectivity

Maximum
Performance1

Thunderbolt™ 4Thunderbolt™ 3

One brand, one logo, and one icon to simplify purchases●●

One universal computer port for problem-free connectivity
to power and accessories●

One universal and flippable cable up to 2m to make cableselection fast and easy●

Thunderbolt 4 accessories with more Thunderbolt ports tosimplify the modern workspace●

A computer with a Thunderbolt port connected to aThunderbolt dock wakes up with a touch of keyboard ormouse even when the computer lid is closed●

Mandatory certification for computers, accessories andcables offers reliable connectivity for products acrossdifferent brands●●

Testing and quality audits of Thunderbolt cables●●

Intel® VT-d based security for peace of mind●

Always the maximum performance available to unleash
the power of your processor

USB4USB3/DP

40Gb/s40Gb/s

20Gb/s

10Gb/sTwo 4K monitors

One 4K monitor

One HD monitor

One HD monitor

More bandwidth for high speed data transfers

32Gb/s

16Gb/s

10Gb/s5Gb/sMore computer port power available to run accessories

15W

15W

7.5W

4.5W

Video support available from computer to connect monitorswith incredible color and detail to work, game and create

1 Performance based on minimum specification requirements.
Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © 2020 Intel Corporation.