Connect More Power to Your Mac with the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8 m) with DisplayPort 1.4 and USB Power Delivery 3.0

Those who own a Thunderbolt 3 based Mac can use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8 m) to quickly move large 4K video or data files to most Thunderbolt 3 or USB Type-C enabled devices and peripherals. By supporting Thunderbolt 3, this 0.8 meter cable can provide up to 40Gbps of data transfer rate when connected to a Thunderbolt 3 based device. The Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8 m) also supports data transfer over the USB-C interface at USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds (up to 10Gbps) as well as DisplayPort 1.4 and USB Power Delivery 3.0 technologies.

With DisplayPort 1.4, the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8 m) is able to support 8K@60Hz or 4K@120Hz displays which also lets you connect a daisy-chain of up to six Thunderbolt 3 based devices. The Apple cable can also be used to supply up to 100W of rapid charging power using USB Power Delivery 3.0.

Using the USB Power Delivery Compliance C2 Tester from Granite River Labs to run just a subset of the full USB Power Delivery compliance test suite, we can see below PD Communication Engine test report for the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8 m).

DUT Information

Manufacturer	Apple
Model Number	Long TBT cable
Serial Number	_CE

Test Information

Date and Time:

20180628_033443

Controller and Instrument Information

Parameter	Value
GRL USB-PD_C2 Serial No.	080.069.080.065.132.
GRL USB-PD Software Version	1.3.5.6
GRL USB-PD Firmware Version	1.3.5.0.12
Board Calibration	Calibration Success.
App Mode	COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS
Tx Mask	true
Rx Mask	false
RX mask Power selection	Neutral Power
Device Type	Cable
VCONN voltage	5.75V
Cable IR drop Imp(R)	0
Cable Type.	GRL-Spl-Cable
COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS CTS Version	1.09
Noise Pattern Generation:	Two-Tone Noise
VIF info	*Since VIF was not loaded below test results are information Only.
Test cases Execution Time:	0h:5m:14s

Product Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
Type_C	NONE
SOP_Capable	NONE
SOP_P_Capable	NONE
SOP_PP_Capable	NONE
SOP_P_Debug_Capable	NONE
SOP_PP_Debug_Capable	NONE
Manufacturer_Info_Supported_Port	NONE
USB_Comms_Capable	NONE
DR_Swap_To_DFP_Supported	NONE
DR_Swap_To_UFP_Supported	NONE
Externally_Powered	NONE
VCONN_Swap_To_On_Supported	NONE
VCONN_Swap_To_Off_Supported	NONE
Responds_To_Discov	NONE
Responds_To_Discov	NONE
Attempts_Discov	NONE
Chunking_Implemented_SOP	NO
Unchunked_Extended_Messages_Supported	NO
Accepts_PR_Swap_As_Src	NONE
Accepts_PR_Swap_As_Snk	NONE
Requests_PR_Swap_As_Src	NONE
Requests_PR_Swap_As_Snk	NONE
Data_Capable_As_USB_Host	NONE
Data_Capable_As_USB_Device	NONE
Modal_Operation_Supported	NONE
Security_Msgs_Supported_SOP	NO
SVIDs Min	0
SVIDs Max	0
SVID Fixed	NONE

Power Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
No_USB_Suspend_May_Be_Set	NONE
GiveBack_May_Be_Set	NONE
Higher_Capability_Set	NONE
USB Suspend may be cleared	NONE
Send Ping	NONE
No_USB_Suspend_May_Be_Set	NONE
GiveBack_May_Be_Set	NONE
Higher_Capability_Set	NONE

USB-IF High Level Mapping Summary

Sl No	Test Category	Test Group Description	Test Result
1	TDA.1.1.1.1.1	TDA.1.1.1.1.1 CABLE PHY TX EYE	PASS
2	TDA.1.1.1.2.1	TDA.1.1.1.2.1 CABLE PHY TX BIT	PASS
3	TDA.1.1.2.2.1	TDA.1.1.2.2.1 CABLE PHY RX INT REJ	PASS
4	TDA.1.1.2.1.1	TDA.1.1.2.1.1 CABLE PHY RX BUSIDL	PASS
5	TDA.1.1.3.1.1	TDA.1.1.3.1.1 CAB PHY TERM	PASS

Result Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TDA.1.1.1.1.1	TDA.1.1.1.1.1 CABLE PHY TX EYE	PASS
2	TDA.1.1.1.2.1	TDA.1.1.1.2.1 CABLE PHY TX BIT	PASS
3	TDA.1.1.2.2.1	TDA.1.1.2.2.1 CABLE PHY RX INT REJ	PASS
4	TDA.1.1.2.1.1	TDA.1.1.2.1.1 CABLE PHY RX BUSIDL	PASS
5	TDA.1.1.3.1.1	TDA.1.1.3.1.1 CAB PHY TERM	PASS

BMC Eye Diagram