igh performance active USB 3.0 extension cable extends the connection between a computer or Windows tablet and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 peripherals including hard drives, USB hubs, mice, keyboards, flash drives, printers, and more Enjoy USB 3.0 data - transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbit/s, which is about ten times faster than USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/s) USB 3.0, dual-bus architecture is used to allow both USB 2.0 (Full Speed, Low Speed, or High Speed) and USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) operations to take place simultaneously, thus providing backward compatibility.