As far as I know it's a tighter braid and is far more like a paracord:
https://www.pcgamingrace.com/products/ascended-cable
The older one was more like a shoelace.
If your model o does start disconnecting you can get the new cable for freeDamn, I didn't even know they did this. Mine is fine but after hearing all the people with issues I bought a paracable elsewhere as a backup for the minus.