Sonnet this week announced its latest Thunderbolt 4 dock, the Echo 20, and one of its key features is an internal enclosure for an M.2 NVMe SSD.This allows the dock to double as an external ...

With Thunderbolt 4 and 5, you’re assured to have all four lanes of PCI Express available—so PCIe can consume up to 32 or 64Gbps of the total 40Gbps/80Gbps Thunderbolt bandwidth.

The Sonnet Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock costs $299.99, which measures up very favorably against the Caldigit TS4’s $399.99 and other Thunderbolt 4 docks such as Kensington’s SD5700T ($369.99).

However, the excellent OWC 11-Port Thunderbolt Dock is only $229.99, the Plugable Thunderbolt 4 Dock is $289.95, and the Kensington SD5760T Thunderbolt 4 Dual 4K Docking Station is only $206.12.

However, all systems feature modern, performant CPUs, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, and all utilise PCI Express 4.0. ... As stated, I wouldn't consider a Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure as an eGPU solution.

(Transparency disclaimer: I’m a CalDigit Brand Ambassador on the side.) Unboxing and design. In typical Sonnet fashion, the Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock arrives in Spartan no-nonsense packaging.

Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 are quickly becoming the connectivity standard in modern devices. Though they share many similarities, they also have key differences. In this guide, we'll go over what sets ...

USB4 does have one advantage over Thunderbolt 4: logos that are more informative. With USB4, you should see "USB 20Gbps" and "USB 40Gbps" logos next to USB Type-C ports that will tell which flavor ...

USB4 brings cross-compatibility with Thunderbolt 3 and can support the same features/bandwidth as Thunderbolt 4 (and even Thunderbolt 5 in the future), but not all USB4 ports are the same (and 100 ...

Nowadays, with PCIe 4.0 cards, I wouldn't touch Thunderbolt with a bargepole. Let's stick it in the cupboard where we keep PS2 mice, the AGP port, and Windows Vista. This is also worth noting.

Thunderbolt 4 vs. USB4: The Key Differences. Now, in practical fact, it’s easy to confuse Thunderbolt 4 and USB4. They both use the USB Type-C connector.