Anker launches new Prime Thunderbolt 5 240W Cable

The Anker Prime Thunderbolt 5 Cable (1.7 ft, 80Gbps, 240W) and Prime Thunderbolt 5 Cable (3.3 ft, 80Gbps, 240W) have arrived in the US and Germany. Anker suggests that they could be useful for creatives or gamers with a range of applications.

Anker’s new Prime Thunderbolt 5 Cables deliver an 80 Gbps data transfer speed, which the company suggests would allow you to transfer a 5 GB file in one second. They can be used to charge devices at up to 240W; for example, a MacBook Pro 16 (M3 Pro) could be charged to 50% in 26 minutes. Alternatively, you could use a Prime Thunderbolt 5 cable to connect your laptop to a monitor. It supports 8K@60Hz and 4K@144Hz resolutions, with up to 120 Gbps unidirectional bandwidth.

These 1.7 ft (0.5 m) and 3.3 ft (1 m) long USB-C to USB-C cables are Thunderbolt 5 certified and are also daisy chain compatible. These are durable braided cables, said to withstand 5,000 bends, and are also marketed as having a “premium connector design”.

You can now buy the Anker Prime Thunderbolt 5 Cable (1.7 ft, 80Gbps, 240W) and Anker Prime Thunderbolt 5 Cable (3.3 ft, 80Gbps, 240W) at Amazon US for $39.99 and $45.99, respectively. This makes the longer cable the same price as the equivalent Anker Thunderbolt 4 cable. In Europe, the 1 m long version is available in countries such as Germany for €45.99.