Anker Prime Thunderbolt 5 Docking Station
14-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 dock with 140W laptop charging, 2.5GbE and dual 8K display support
Anker Prime Thunderbolt 5 Docking Station is a 14-port dock for Thunderbolt 5 and Thunderbolt 4 laptops. It's for Mac users who want fast storage, multiple displays, charging, and networking through a single cable.
Key features:
- Charge your laptop at up to 140W through the Thunderbolt 5 upstream port.
- Connect fast drives and displays to two Thunderbolt 5 downstream ports, with up to 120Gbps of bandwidth.
- Plug in accessories via three 10Gbps USB-A ports and two 10Gbps USB-C ports that share 45W of charging.
- Use one HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort 2.1 output, plus the Thunderbolt ports for up to two 8K displays.
- Get wired networking from the 2.5Gbps Ethernet port, and read cards in the SD and microSD (UHS-I) slots.
- Keep performance steady with active cooling, and update firmware through the Anker Dock Manager app.
The dock isn't compatible with Thunderbolt 3 laptops, including Intel-based MacBooks. Base M1, M2, and M3 Macs support only one external display through it, while Pro and Max chips and all M4 models support two. It has built-in power, an audio combo jack, and blue ambient lighting, and costs $399.99.