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These adapters support hooking TB2 devices to a TB3 host, but not the other way around. Intel initially announced that TB3 devices would be compatible with TB2
by erik 10y ago
These adapters support hooking TB2 devices to a TB3 host, but not the other way around.
Intel initially announced that TB3 devices would be compatible with TB2 hosts, but it looks like they quietly dropped this feature. It's _really_ hard to find a reference on this though.
- tarikjn 10y agoI thought the same thing as you, but it seems that at least some TB3 devices work with TB2 hosts, e.g. the LG 5K display: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207448 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207448
- btgeekboy 10y agoThis guy[0] seems to say it works with the Razer Core. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5l3y0a/egpu_my_experience_with_the_15_tmbp_2016_and_a_15/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5l3y0a/egpu_my_exper...
- erik 10y agoLooks like I had the wrong impression. Thanks for the link!