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Convert Data rate

Here you can convert units like gigabyte per second, gigabit per second, megabyte per second, megabit per second, etc. within the data rate category.

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gigabyte per second GB/s
gigabit per second Gbit/s
megabyte per second MB/s A unit of data transfer speed equal to 8 megabits per second. Read more
megabit per second Mbit/s Standard unit for internet connection speeds. Read more
kilobyte per second kB/s
kilobit per second kbit/s
byte per second B/s 8 bits per second. Read more
bit per second bps The base unit of data rate. Formally bit/s. Read more
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gibibit per second Gibit/s Binary data rate unit (2^30 bits per second). Read more
mebibit per second Mibit/s
kibibit per second Kibit/s

Quick conversion quiz

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159 bit per second equals 1.59e-7 gigabit per second.

6 gigabyte per second equals 48 gigabit per second.

8.2 gigabit per second equals 9.02e+9 bit per second.

1.3 kilobyte per second equals 8.84 kilobit per second.

Definitions

megabyte per second (MB/s)

A unit of data transfer speed equal to 8 megabits per second.

Megabytes per second (MB/s) is often used to measure file transfer speeds or disk I/O. It is important to distinguish this from Mbps (megabits per second), which is 8 times slower.

megabit per second (Mbit/s)

Standard unit for internet connection speeds.

Megabits per second (Mbps or Mbit/s) is the standard unit for measuring bandwidth and internet connection speeds. One megabit per second corresponds to transferring one million bits every second.

byte per second (B/s)

8 bits per second.

One byte per second (B/s) is a rate equal to eight bits per second. It is commonly used in low-level data transfer contexts.

bit per second (bps)

The base unit of data rate. Formally bit/s.

Bit per second (bps) is the primary unit of data transfer rate. While 'bps' is common in informal contexts, 'bit/s' is the formal abbreviation. It should not be confused with B/s (byte per second), where 1 B/s = 8 bps. It is also distinct from 'baud', which refers to symbol rate.

gibibit per second (Gibit/s)

Binary data rate unit (2^30 bits per second).

Gibibit per second (Gibit/s) is a binary unit of data rate defined by the IEC. Unlike the decimal gigabit (10^9 bits), the gibibit is exactly 2^30 bits (1,073,741,824 bits).