


USB 3 SSD FOR MAC FULL
There are actual nice upgrades with USB 4 that bring it on paper close to Thunderbolt 3.Īpparently, the M1 Mac’s have a controller that runs a modified version of USB 4 that gets up to 20 Gb/s and might not even be getting that full amount either. For all those editors out there looking for the fastest performing NVMe SSD setup, this is something to check out. To help find out, creator Kevin Ross got his hands on a couple of external SSDs to do actual tests between USB 4 and Thunderbolt 3 on an M1 Mac mini. Also, there seem to be odd reports about Thunderbolt 3 speeds and the M1. It sounds minor – and is minor until more USB 4 devices are released – but it does mean that users can begin to take advantage of the new architecture with new devices. Snuck into the announcement of the M1 Macs was that the Thunderbolt 3 ports were also USB 4 compatible.
