USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are the same shape but include different technologies. Click to learn what Thunderbolt 3 is.
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What is Thunderbolt 3

USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are the same shape but include different technologies. Click to learn what Thunderbolt 3 is.
USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are the same shape but include different technologies. Click to learn what USB-C is.
They look the same but aren’t the same. So then what’s the difference between USB-C and Thunderbolt 3?
During Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) Apple unveiled new computers including the iMac and MacBook. All computers except the MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro included the addition of Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors. They also updated the Thunderbolt port on the iMac changing the 2 Thunderbolt 2 ports to 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports.