I get only 10Gb/s when I connect the USB kable provided by Samsung. Is the Thunderbolt/USB4-buss compatible with the Samsung provided cable (supports USB 3.2Gen 2x2 (20 Gb/s))
Mac Mini Pro 2023 16GB/1TB
Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023)
The MacMini only supports single lane USB 3.x and not dual lane (what the 2x2 means isn the Samsung spec) and therefore will only get 10 Gb/s connection. The Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 specs only require that single lane USB 3.x be supported. Supporting dual lane is optional.
If you need or want faster speeds, you will need to get a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 drive or a USB4 drive both of which support up to 40 Gb/s.
The MacMini only supports single lane USB 3.x and not dual lane (what the 2x2 means isn the Samsung spec) and therefore will only get 10 Gb/s connection. The Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 specs only require that single lane USB 3.x be supported. Supporting dual lane is optional.
If you need or want faster speeds, you will need to get a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 drive or a USB4 drive both of which support up to 40 Gb/s.
You could try a TB cable. Most Macs support either 3.2(10gbps) or 40 if using a TB drive and nothing in between.
Thank you, I will have to accept 10Gb/s on ny Mac Mini Pro 2023. Some money lost in buying a Samsung T9 instead of T7, next time I will find out before.
Samsung portable ssd 4TB T9 (USB3.2 2x2 20Gb/s) compatibility with Mac Mini Pro 2023
