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OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks

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In tests by Try Some Tech, OCuLink outperforms Thunderbolt 5, with OCuLink showing higher throughput and lower latency. While Thunderbolt 5 offers improvements over Thunderbolt 4, it still lags behind OCuLink in raw performance due to protocol overhead. In gaming benchmarks, Thunderbolt 5 consistently trails behind OCuLink, with up to a 14% lower performance on average. Despite its superior performance, OCuLink's limited adoption and lack of consumer-friendly features make Thunderbolt 4 and 5 more practical choices for most users.

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