Description of Bit Rates
| Quantity | Unit | bits per second | bytes per second | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | kbit/s | 56,000 | 7,000 | Networking | 56kbit modem – 56 kbit/s – 56,000 bit/s |
| 64 | kbit/s | 64,000 | 8,000 | Networking | 64 kbit/s in an ISDN B channel or best quality, uncompressed telephone line. |
| 1,536 | kbit/s | 1,536,000 | 192,000 | Networking | 24 channels of the telephone in the US, or a good VTC T1. |
| 10 | Mbit/s | 10,000,000 | 1,250,000 | Networking | 107 bit/s is the speed of classic Ethernet: 10BASE2, 10BASE5, 10BASE-T |
| 10 | Mbit/s | 10,000,000 | 1,250,000 | Biology | Research suggests that the human retina transmits data to the brain at the rate of ca. 107 bit/s |
| 54 | Mbit/s | 54,000,000 | 6,750,000 | Networking | 802.11g, Wireless G LAN |
| 100 | Mbit/s | 100,000,000 | 12,500,000 | Networking | Fast Ethernet |
| 600 | Mbit/s | 600,000,000 | 75,000,000 | Networking | 802.11n, Wireless N LAN |
| 1 | Gbit/s | 1,000,000,000 | 125,000,000 | Networking | 1 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 10 | Gbit/s | 10,000,000,000 | 1,250,000,000 | Networking | 10 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 100 | Gbit/s | 100,000,000,000 | 12,500,000,000 | Networking | 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 1 | Tbit/s | 1,000,000,000,000 | 125,000,000,000 | Networking | SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine communications cable – 1.28 terabits per second |
| 4 | kbit/s | 4,000 | 500 | Audio data | minimum achieved for encoding recognizable speech (using special-purpose speech codecs) |
| 8 | kbit/s | 8,000 | 1,000 | Audio data | low bit rate telephone quality |
| 32 | kbit/s | 32,000 | 4,000 | Audio data | Medium Wave quality and ADPCM voice in telephony, doubling the capacity of a 30 chan link to 60 ch. |
| 128 | kbit/s | 128,000 | 16,000 | Audio data | 128 kbit/s MP3 – 128,000 bit/s |
| 192 | kbit/s | 192,000 | 24,000 | Audio data | 192 kbit/s MP3 – 192,000 bit/s |
| 1,411.2 | kbit/s | 1,411,200 | 176,400 | Audio data | CD audio (uncompressed, 16-bit samples × 44.1 kHz × 2 channels) |
| 2 | Mbit/s | 2,000,000 | 250,000 | Video data | 30 channels of telephone audio or a Video Tele-Conference at VHS quality |
| 8 | Mbit/s | 8,000,000 | 1,000,000 | Video data | DVD Quality |
| 27 | Mbit/s | 27,000,000 | 3,375,000 | Video data | HDTV quality |
| 1.244 | Gbit/s | 1,244,000,000 | 155,500,000 | Networking | OC-24, a 1.244 Gbit/s SONET data channel |
| 9.953 | Gbit/s | 9,953,000,000 | 1,244,125,000 | Networking | OC-192, a 9.953 Gbit/s SONET data channel |
| 39.813 | Gbit/s | 39,813,000,000 | 4,976,625,000 | Networking | OC-768, a 39.813 Gbit/s SONET data channel, the fastest in current use |
| 60 | MB/s | 480,000,000 | 60,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | USB 2.0 High-Speed |
| 98.3 | MB/s | 786,432,000 | 98,304,000 | Computer data interfaces | FireWire IEEE 1394b-2002 S800 |
| 120 | MB/s | 960,000,000 | 120,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | Hard drive read, Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103Uj |
| 133 | MB/s | 1,064,000,000 | 133,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | Parallel ATA UDMA 6 |
| 133 | MB/s | 1,064,000,000 | 133,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | PCI 32-bit at 33 MHz (standard configuration) |
| 188 | MB/s | 1,504,000,000 | 188,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | SATA I 1.5 Gbit/s – First generation |
| 375 | MB/s | 3,000,000,000 | 375,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | SATA II 3Gbit/s – Second generation |
| 500 | MB/s | 4,000,000,000 | 500,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | PCI Express x1 v2.0 |
| 5.0 | Gbit/s | 5,000,000,000 | 625,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed – a.k.a. USB 3.1 Gen1 |
| 750 | MB/s | 6,000,000,000 | 750,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | SATA III 6 Gbit/s – Third generation |
| 1067 | MB/s | 8,533,333,333 | 1,066,666,667 | Computer data interfaces | PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz |
| 10 | Gbit/s | 10,000,000,000 | 1,250,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ – a.k.a. USB 3.1 Gen2 |
| 1,250 | MB/s | 10,000,000,000 | 1,250,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | Thunderbolt |
| 2,500 | MB/s | 20,000,000,000 | 2,500,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | Thunderbolt 2 |
| 5,000 | MB/s | 40,000,000,000 | 5,000,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | Thunderbolt 3 |
| 8,000 | MB/s | 64,000,000,000 | 8,000,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | PCI Express x16 v2.0 |
| 12,000 | MB/s | 96,000,000,000 | 12,000,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | InfiniBand 12X QDR |
| 16,000 | MB/s | 128,000,000,000 | 16,000,000,000 | Computer data interfaces | PCI Express x16 v3.0 |