{"product_id":"thunderbolt-5-cable-0-8m","title":"Thunderbolt 5 Cable 0.8m — 80Gbps, 240W, USB-IF \u0026 Intel Certified","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Zyron Thunderbolt 5 cable is built for people who've outgrown Thunderbolt 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you've bought an M4 Pro MacBook Pro, a Mac Studio, or a 2025-onward Windows workstation, your machine can move 80Gbps. The cable in the box, or the USB-C cable already on your desk, almost certainly can't. This one can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 0.8m it's deliberately short. Long Thunderbolt cables are a signal-integrity problem and a cable-management problem. This length is the sweet spot for a dock behind a monitor, an NVMe enclosure beside a laptop, or an eGPU under the desk — and because it's a passive coaxial design under 1m, it hits full Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth without any active signal conditioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e80Gbps data transfer, 120Gbps Bandwidth Boost\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThunderbolt 5 doubles Thunderbolt 4's bandwidth to 80Gbps in both directions simultaneously. For display-heavy work, Bandwidth Boost dynamically reallocates lanes to push up to 120Gbps toward your monitors — which is what makes triple 4K at 144Hz possible over a single port.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice: a 100GB ProRes project copies off an external NVMe enclosure in well under a minute. Multi-camera 8K timelines scrub off external storage instead of forcing you to ingest first. Thunderbolt networking between two Macs runs at speeds that make a 10GbE switch look slow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e240W fast charging with USB PD 3.1\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThunderbolt 5 mandates 240W power delivery — 48V at 5A under the USB PD 3.1 Extended Power Range spec. That's enough for a 16-inch MacBook Pro at full charging speed, a 17-inch gaming laptop, or a 4K monitor acting as a power hub. Thunderbolt 4 capped out at 100W, which is why so many laptops still needed a barrel-jack or MagSafe brick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePower and data run simultaneously at full rate. You're not trading transfer speed for charging speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTriple 4K, dual 8K, or 4K at 540Hz\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith DisplayPort 2.1 and 4-lane signal transmission, this cable drives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree 4K displays at 144Hz\u003c\/strong\u003e — the standard creative or trading multi-monitor wall\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo 8K displays at 60Hz\u003c\/strong\u003e — colour-critical grading and large-format review\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne 4K display at up to 540Hz\u003c\/strong\u003e — competitive gaming headroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplay output depends on your host machine's capability. Apple Silicon Max chips support three external displays; Pro chips support two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePCIe Gen 4 — real eGPU and NVMe performance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThunderbolt 5 carries 64Gbps of PCIe Gen 4 x4 bandwidth, double Thunderbolt 4's 32Gbps. That doubling is what finally makes external GPU enclosures and PCIe expansion chassis behave like internal hardware rather than a compromise. External NVMe drives run at speeds previously reserved for drives bolted to the motherboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTriple certified: Intel, Thunderbolt 5, USB-IF\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThunderbolt 5 certification isn't a marketing badge — it's a test program. Certified cables are e-marked, validated for signal integrity at 80Gbps, and verified to negotiate 240W safely. Uncertified \"Thunderbolt-compatible\" cables sold on marketplaces routinely fail at one of those three, and the failure mode is subtle: a display that flickers under load, a transfer that silently drops to USB speeds, a laptop that charges at 60W instead of 140W.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis cable carries Intel Thunderbolt 5 certification and USB-IF certification. It does what the label says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBuilt to survive daily plugging and unplugging\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA premium TPE jacket is tested to 10,000+ bends, and the connectors are rated for 10,000+ plug cycles. The strain relief is moulded, not glued. If you plug and unplug this cable four times a day, that's a seven-year lifespan on the connector alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWorks with your existing gear\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThunderbolt 5 is fully backward compatible. Plug this cable into Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB4 (Gen2\/Gen3\/Gen4) or USB 3.2 (Gen1\/Gen2) hardware and it negotiates down cleanly to whatever that device supports. You don't need a drawer of different cables — this one handles the whole desk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zyron Tech","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46915798433989,"sku":"ZY-CB-TB5","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/7557\/7541\/files\/thunderbolt-5-cable-0-8m-zyron-tech-australia.jpg?v=1790158543","url":"https:\/\/zyrontech.com.au\/products\/thunderbolt-5-cable-0-8m","provider":"Zyron Tech","version":"1.0","type":"link"}