CompTIA A+ - Cable Speeds

USB 1.0

Lowspeed USB; Speeds up to 1.5 Mbps

USB 2.0

Highspeed USB; Speeds up to 480Mbps

USB 3.2 | 3.1Gen1

SuperSpeed USB; Speed up to 5 Gbps or 625 MB/s

USB 3.1Gen2/USB 3.2 Gen2

SuperSpeed 10 Gbps, with the same speeds as its name.

USB 3.2Gen2×2 or USB Gen 2×2

SuperSpeed 20 Gbps, with the same speeds as its name.

USB 4.0

Speeds up to 40 Gbps

USB Gen 1.0 - 2.0 max amps

0.5 amps/500 milliamps

USB 3.0 and up max amps

0.9 amps/900 milliamps

SATA/eSATA Revision I Speeds

1500 Mbps/1.5 Gbps

SATA/eSATA Revision II Speeds

3 Gbps

SATA/eSATA Revision III Speeds

6 Gbps

Serial Attached SCSI/SAS

Up to 24 Gbps speeds; Allows a device to directly connect up to 128 devices via SAS host bus adapter

Display Port (DP)

Up to 80 Gbps speeds; The direct competitor to HDMI

Thunderbolt ver. 3 & 4

Up to 40 Gbps; Can be used as display interface or data transfer

Thunderbolt ver. 1 & 2

Up to 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps respectively

USB 1.0, 3.0, and 4.0 max length

3 meters/9 feet

USB 1.1 and 2.0 max speeds

5 meters/15 feet