caldigit ’ S Element 5 Hub is a consequence of the connection to Thunderbolt 4, but this is the time with addition. The Caldigit Element 5 Hab has a total of nine ports – Obtaining two additional ports USB-C 10 Gb/s, losing only one of the USB-A ports, presented on the predecessor of the device. Watch our practical passage of the video when we get acquainted, and subscribe to 9TO5MAC on YouTube for more apple-centered hardware reviews. Cleaning the screen
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complete transparency: in the past I was an ambassador of Caldigit, which means that they paid me for advertising video for Caldigit on my personal channel. For this practical video, this is not so; I was not paid, and the equipment was rented. 4 x Thunderbolt 5/USB4 V2 Ports (80GB/S)
Video: element Caldigit 5 with Thunderbolt 5
Another thing that should be noted about the Caldigit Element 5 concentrator is that the connection of other devices does not affect the total power of charging the host upstream. Regardless of if other devices draw power, power enough to continue to feed the host, a maximum of 90 watts.
Thunderbolt 5 does not require, but Super-Nice-H3>. Raise capable of connecting up to 120 GB/s via Thunderbolt 5 or USB4V2. The same can be said about the M4 Pro or High MacBook Pro. I checked both cars with the Caldigit Element 5 concentrator, and they worked as expected.
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Each port lives on its own separate tire, which provides complete performance without a neighboring connection affecting his neighbor. Thunderbolt 5 ports on M4 Pro Machines are also completely compatible, and their needs in the passage strip dynamically correspond to the type of device connected on the fly.
For example, when connecting a device with supported Thunderbolt 4, the LINK speed reports 40 GB/s, while when connecting the Thunderbolt 5 device, such as OWC Envoy Ultra External SSD, the communication speed reports 80 GB/s. In situations, when connecting a display, which requires an additional bandwidth, the intensification of the Intel passing band can reach 120 GB/s. Tablets, Thunderbolt 3 Mac and USB4 Connection. In other words, you do not need to update your Mac, but access to Thunderbolt 5 will be ready when you do it. It also means that for Mac mini you can connect it to the front ports of the USB-C and still have access to additional expansion that the concentrator provides. For example, I can connect 10 GB/s Samsung SSD to my Mac through this port.
In my practice, I checked several different scenarios.
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- OWC Envoy Ultra, directly related to the M4 Pro Mac Mini/MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 5 Port.
- OWC Envoy Ultra, connected to the original Thunderbolt 4 Caldigit Element Hub, which connected the M4 Pro Mini/MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 5 Port. CALDIGIT ELEMENT 5 HUB, which connected the M4 Pro Mac Mini/MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 5 Port.
OWC Ultra SSSD directly connected
Obviously, there are remarkable advantages for connecting to the hoster with the support of Thunderbolt 5, namely an increased bandwidth available for high-speed input/output, such as SSD based on NVME. Caldigit led 9TO5MAC A 2TB OWC Angupoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 to check the speed of the 5 Hub element. This disc is equipped with 2.0 TB OWC Aura Pro IV PCIE 4.0 NVME M.2 2280 Solite Drine inside. I wanted to install the basic line to see how a direct connection will be compared with the connections through the concentrator. As you can see from the Blackmagic Disk test, the results for the Encoy Ultra OWC did not disappoint. If you have high -speed needs for video applications, then this disc will be more than enough to satisfy your needs mainly in any quality of the video that you can throw into it.
This test alone illustrates why the concentrator with support for Thunderbolt 5, such as the Caldigit Element 5 element is useful. Because if you try to connect Engust Ultra to the older center of Thunderbolt, which lacks the support of Thunderbolt 5, it works, but its speed will be reduced to 40 GB/s, which significantly limits the true possibilities of such a disk. You can see evidence of this by taking note of the speed of the link 40 GB/s in the screen picture from the system system below. You can see that productivity significantly prevents the lack of passing. Anguy Ultra to the Caldigit 5 element. System information reports on the speed of links 80 GB/s, as expected.
Pay attention to the huge difference in performance when Envoy Ultra is not a narrow place from the lack of passing, but instead connected to the 5th element of 5. 5. The speed here is significantly improved, with the reading speed, in essence, correspond to a direct speed of speed, and the recording speed, although a little slower, is more than doubled when it was connected to the older Thunderbolt 4 concentrator. Just keep in mind that the number of logical availability of the bus remains the same. Connection of the 5 Caldigit element means that your Mac now has access to five physical ports of Thunderbolt, but a bandwidth for all devices connected to the element 5 concentrator is limited to the only Thunderbolt bus, which it is connected to. The control of MacOS can be connected to two 60 Hz 60 -kilometer displays through one connection of the Thunderbolt 5 Mac do not support triple displays through one connection of the Thunderbolt 5, but the Thunderbolt 5 PC is always complicated – look at the MacOS. The small print to prove this. I must maintain this testing for a later time. Less, if you do not plan to update the Mac and/or accessories of Thunderbolt 5 and/or accessories, then the existing concentrator of elements is a more favorable option, which still works well
