Anker’s first Thunderbolt 5 dock has a built-in power supply

The Anker Prime TB5 Docking Station features adjustable ambient LED lighting to lucifer your gaming setup. | Image: Anker

Anker has announced its archetypal Thunderbolt 5 dock. At astir 5.2 inches wide and 3.4 inches tall, the Anker Prime TB5 Docking Station is not arsenic compact arsenic immoderate competitors, similar CalDigit’s Element 5 Hub. But wrong its aluminum alloy lodging is an integrated GaN powerfulness proviso delivering up to 232W of combined powerfulness output, truthful you won’t person to woody with a chunky powerfulness ceramic oregon a bulky adapter.

The Prime TB5 Docking Station has 14 ports, according to Anker, including the SD and microSD representation paper slots connected the side. Along with those you get 2 10Gbps USB-C ports, 3 10Gbps USB-A ports, HDMI, DisplayPort, a 2.5Gbps ethernet port, a headphone jack, 2 downstream USB-C Thunderbolt 5 ports offering up to 120Gbps speeds with a Bandwidth Boost option, and an upstream USB-C Thunderbolt 5 larboard that tin present up to 140W of powerfulness to a big computer.

For comparison, CalDigit’s TS5 Plus, the reigning champ of Thunderbolt 5 larboard offerings, has 20 ports, including 3 Thunderbolt 5, 5 USB-C, and 5 USB-A. The Element 5 Hub has 15.

The Anker Prime dock tin link up to 2 8K displays, though Anker says resolutions and refresh rates whitethorn beryllium constricted by the big system’s capabilities. The institution hasn’t said whether triple-display setups are possible; Cable Matters says its Thunderbolt 5 dock tin beryllium connected to 3 displays moving astatine 8K/60Hz oregon 4K/144Hz.

Available starting contiguous done Anker’s online store and different retailers for $399.99, the TB5 Docking Station besides features a ringing of adjustable ambient LED lighting astir the apical and a U-shaped aerial duct with a cooling instrumentality that uses an “intelligent somesthesia algorithm” to forestall overheating and show loss. Its firmware tin besides beryllium updated remotely utilizing Anker’s Dock Manager software, making bundle attraction easier successful facilities with respective successful use.