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Transferring high definition movies and other large files now can take seconds versus minutes when compared with older interface technologies. While USB 3.0 is fast, at 5GBps (640MBps) which is 10 times faster than the USB 2.0 it replaces, it is still slow compared to the Thunderbolt connection.Īt 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt technology is up to 20x faster than USB 2.0 and up to 12x faster than FireWire 800. Thunderbolt is twice as fast as USB 3.0, there I said it. Let’s look at the technologies powering the portable thunderbolt hard drives in the market today.
