Thunderbolt Desktop Compatibility

Thunderbolt Desktop Compatibility

AJA testing and results are provided as a guide only to help AJA customers understand roughly what raster, rate and compression to expect from a host configuration. Control Room software used for I/O testing, other applications may impact the host CPU, GPU and memory differently, so results can vary.

While Thunderbolt supports daisy chaining and other Thunderbolt devices connected at the same time, any performance issues should be tested with only the AJA device connected to rule out any potential issues.

Please note that Thunderbolt compatibility results are from tests run in Control Room and performances may vary in other applications.

 

Apple Mac Pro 

Configurations:

  • 3.2 Ghz 16/32 Core
  • 32GB Ram
  • 512GB M.2
  • AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Devices Tested:

Io 4K Plus  T-TAP Pro

Maximum Supported Workflow:

Io 4K Plus

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ

Io IP

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ

T-TAP Pro

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ

Apple 2018 Mac Mini (Intel)

Configurations:

  • 3.2 Ghz 6 Core i7
  • 16GB Ram
  • 512GB M.2
  • Intel UHD 630 Graphics

Devices Tested:

Io 4K Plus  T-TAP Pro

Maximum Supported Workflow:

Io 4K Plus

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ

Io IP

  • Playback: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ

T-TAP Pro

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ

HP Z2 Mini G5

Configurations:

  • i9-10900 2.81 Ghz 10/20 Core
  • 32GB Ram
  • 512GB M.2
  • NVIDIA T1000
  • TB3 Driver 1.41.914
  • TB3 NVM Firmware 58

Devices Tested:

Io 4K Plus  T-TAP Pro

Maximum Supported Workflow:

Io 4K Plus

  • Playback: UltraHD 59.94p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ

Io IP

  • Playback: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ
  • Capture: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ

T-TAP Pro

  • Playback: UltraHD 29.97p ProRes HQ