I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It’s an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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    1 year ago

    So USB 3 has a super confusing naming convention nowadays. In short, “USB 3.0” has been renamed at least twice since it was first introduced and the naming conventions have simply gotten more confusing as time goes on. The one good thing I can give USB-SIG at this point is that bigger number does in fact equal more better

    In your specific case, it really shouldn’t make any difference what port you plug into because we’re talking USB speeds of between 5Gbit/s and 20Gbit/s which of course is far more than the 1Gbit/s (plus some for protocol overhead) you need for a gigabit Ethernet connection