USB 3.1 Gen 1 supports speeds of up to 5Gbit/s, while USB 3.1 Gen 2 supports speeds of up to 10Gbit/s. ... Often, OEMs will add the speeds of 5Gbps or 10Gbps to their spec tables in order to differentiate between the two USB standards. The rest of the industry simply refers to them as \u201cUSB 3.1 Gen 1\u201d or \u201cUSB 3.1 Gen 2\u201d.
