{"id":128643,"date":"2026-08-17T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/usb4-vs-usb-c-explained-speeds-cable-lengths-and-the-one-spec-that-nobody-reads\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:35:52","slug":"usb4-vs-usb-c-explained-speeds-cable-lengths-and-the-one-spec-that-nobody-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/usb4-vs-usb-c-explained-speeds-cable-lengths-and-the-one-spec-that-nobody-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"USB4 vs USB-C explained: Speeds, cable lengths and the one spec that nobody reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USB-C and USB4 get confused constantly, but they describe different things. USB-C is the reversible connector introduced in 2014. USB4 is the 2019 standard that decides what runs through it, guaranteeing 40Gbps, DisplayPort support and Power Delivery. Every USB4 cable uses USB-C, yet most USB-C cables are not USB4. Here is what the speeds, cable lengths and confusing USB-IF naming actually mean before you spend money on your next cable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USB-C and USB4 get confused constantly, but they describe different things. USB-C is the reversible connector introduced in 2014. USB4 is the 2019 standard that decides what runs through it, guaranteeing 40Gbps, DisplayPort support and Power Delivery. Every USB4 cable uses USB-C, yet most USB-C cables are not USB4. Here is what the speeds, cable&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/usb4-vs-usb-c-explained-speeds-cable-lengths-and-the-one-spec-that-nobody-reads\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USB4 vs USB-C explained: Speeds, cable lengths and the one spec that nobody reads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}