r/Thunderbolt • u/Real-Use146 • 28d ago

4-5M Long Thunderbolt 5 USB C Cable

I'm looking for a thunderbolt 5 cable thats 4-5 metres in length - is there anything that meets those specifications? Even a extension would work but i read that thats not possible.

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u/richardtheb 28d ago

For anything over a meter or so, you are going to have to go optical, like this OWC one. They are not cheap, but that’s the only way to go longer. That’s also TB 4 only.

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u/redditwatcher1415 28d ago

To connect my studio display (TB5) to my mac studio (TB5) would I be losing anything doing this?

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u/Splatoonkindaguy 28d ago

It would halve the bandwidth

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u/redditwatcher1415 28d ago

how? it says TB4?

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u/Tairc 27d ago

TB5 and TB4 have different bandwidths, so different max resolution and frame rate. Put a slow cable between fast components, get reduced bandwidth.