Med et Thunderbolt Option kort i Apollo interfacet kan man køre mange flere UAD plugins med lavere latency og få forbedret performance ved højere sample rates.
Kortet er forsynet med 2 Thunderbolt porte, så man nemt kan daisy-chaine andre Thunderbolt enheder som harddiske og skærme.
The Thunderbolt 3 Option Card for rackmount Apollo audio interfaces allows music and audio producers to connect their Apollo directly to compatible Mac or Windows systems using Thunderbolt 3. This user-installable card offers two Thunderbolt 3 ports, and provides 15W bus power to all downstream Thunderbolt 3 peripherals — perfect for daisy-chaining additional Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 Satellite DSP Accelerators, modern storage solutions, 4K displays, and more.