2023-10-20 16:00:00
A Intel corrected information passed following the announcement of the 14th generation Core processor line for desktops. Initially, the company stated that the new “Raptor Lake Refresh” chips would support the Thunderbolt 5 standard, but this is not true.
According to Intel, the specifications mentioned above were wrong as not all CPUs will support Thunderbolt 5 technology. However, the manufacturer did not inform which processors will be compatible. We will only know this at another time.
To some extent, this isn’t a big surprise, considering that the Raptor Lake Refresh series chips are basically updates to Intel’s 13th generation Core processors, but optimized to deliver better performance.
Thunderbolt 5 has 80 Gbps of evenly distributed bandwidth to transmit and receive data at the same rate. However, when there are higher display bandwidth needs, it can increase transmission to 120 Gbps.
Therefore, Thunderbolt 5 ends up being faster than DisplayPort 2.1. The standard can also support up to two 6K displays and three 4K displays at 144 Hz, along with the option of 8K HDR. As for laptops, the cables support charging up to 240W.
In any case, Intel may present news related to Thunderbolt 5 next year, probably at CES 2024, scheduled to take place between January 9th and 12th. Until then, it is very difficult for the company to announce something in this regard given the recent launches.
Without desktop processors supporting Thunderbolt 5, it looks like we’ll see the new connection specs on notebooks, likely on Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” chips. In any case, we can only wait.
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