ThunderboltEX 5
ASUS ThunderboltEX 5 Expansion Card : Dual Thunderbolt™ 5 USB‑C ports, DisplayPort™ 2.1, PCIe 4.0 x4 Interface
  • Intel® certified Thunderbolt™ 5 add-on card
  • Dual USB Type-C® ports support up to 130 watts total of fast charging, and up to 96W for one device
  • Up to five Thunderbolt™ devices can be daisy-chained
  • Up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth for superfast data transfers and video output
  • DisplayPort™ 2.1 port supports up to three 8K 60 Hz displays with DSC
ThunderboltEX 5
ThunderboltEX 5 front view

Experience Lightning-Fast Speed and Versatile Connectivity

The ASUS ThunderboltEX 5 card offers up to 120 Gbps of Thunderbolt™ 5 bandwidth, support for DisplayPort™ 2.1 with a compatible GPU, USB4® compatibility, plus support for up to five Thunderbolt™ devices in a daisy-chain and up to 130 total watts of fast charging.

ThunderboltEX 5 card shown installed on a motherboard
ThunderboltEX 5 card shown installed on a motherboard
3 x Mini DisplayPort™ IN ports
2 x Thunderbolt™ 5 USB Type-C ports
support up to 130-watt* flexible in 2 ports

*Only supports ASUS motherboards.
*For more information, please refer to the ASUS Support website.

ThunderboltEX 5 card rear I/O ports, with Thunderbolt and DisplayPort functionality highlighted
120Gbps logo

Thunderbolt 5 120Gbps

for superfast data transfers and video output

Flexible fast charging support logo

Flexible fast
charging

Charge up to 130 watts*

*Flexible FastCharge allows up to 130W combined output when the system is fully powered on (S0 mode).

Daisy-chain functionality logo

Daisy chain

Up to five Thunderbolt™
devices per port

8K Ultra HD support logo

DisplayPort™ 2.1

Supports up to three 8K
displays at 60Hz with DSC

Speeding
Thunderbolt 5
Support

A bar chart showing a comparison between Thunderbolt 5 and Thunderbolt 4 performance

One Card,
6X The
Bandwidth

*Actual transferring performance may vary in real world conditions.

Seamless Dual-PC Sharing with Thunderbolt™ Share

Experience a revolutionary way to interact with two PCs using Thunderbolt™ Share—the ultrafast connectivity solution that transforms your dual-PC setup. Seamlessly share screens, keyboards, mice, storage and files between two computers, with the unparalleled speed of Thunderbolt™ technology.

*A certified Thunderbolt™ or USB4® cable is required to meet minimum bandwidth requirements. Cable not included.

One Cable, Multiple Devices

Simplify your setup by daisy-chaining multiple Thunderbolt™ devices to one Thunderbolt™ 5 port.

Rear I/O with graphic depicting a daisy chain of three devices and two monitors.

Daisy-Chain up to 5
Thunderbolt™ Devices Per Port

3 Thunderbolt™ devices + 2 Thunderbolt™
monitors

*Both Thunderbolt™ ports support
Daisy Chain functionality.

Rear I/O with graphic depicting a daisy chain of four devices and one monitor.

Daisy-Chain up to 5
Thunderbolt™ devices per port

4 Thunderbolt™ devices + 1 Thunderbolt™
monitor

*Both Thunderbolt™ ports support
Daisy Chain functionality.

Optimized for Blistering Data Transfer Speeds

ThunderboltEX 5 card with various features highlighted
ThunderboltEX 5 card with various features highlighted

1

3 x Mini DisplayPort™ IN ports

2

2 x USB Type-C® ports
- Up to 120Gbps for Thunderbolt
  and USB4® devices
- USB Type-C®_1 and USB Type-C®_2
  support up to a total of 130W with
  Flexible FastCharge feature

3

1 x 6-pin PCIe power connector for Flexible FastCharge function

4

1 x USB2.0 Header

5

1 x Thunderbolt Header

6

Stylish Cover & Heatsink Design

7

PCIe 4.0 x 4 interface