Connection
Version
Throughput
Maximum Length
FireWire
400
800
400Mb/s
800Mb/s
4.5m
SATA
I
II
III
1.5Gb/s
3 Gb/s
6 Gb/s
1m
Thunderbolt
1
2
3
10Gb/s
20Gb/s
40Gb/s
3m
USB
1.1
2.0
3.0
12Mb/s
480Mb/s
5Gb/s
5m
WiFi*
802.11a
802.11b
802.11g
802.11n
802.11ac
54Mb/s
11Mb/s
54Mb/s
450Mb/s
>1Gb/s
35m
35m
35m
75m
35m
*Theoretical throughputs and distances