[embedding-shape]

Well, for starters, PCIe 5.0 x16 would do something like about 60 GB/s each way, while Thunderbolt 4 does 4 GB/s each way, TB 5 does 8 GB/s each way. If you don't actually hit the bandwidth limits, it obviously matters less. Whether you'd notice a large difference would depends heavily on the type of workload.

[givinguflac]

I think you missed a zero, TB5 does 80GB/s.

[Tepix]

No. It does 80Gbps.

https://www.convertunits.com/from/Gbps/to/GB/s

[givinguflac]

Derp, didn’t read closely enough. Thanks

[mch17]

No, it does 80 Gb/s. With encoding loss it’s closer to 8GB/s