| Technology | Rate | Rate | Year |
| Apple Desktop Bus | 10.0 kbit/s | 1.25 kB/s | 1986 |
| PS/2 port | 12.0 kbit/s | 1.5 kB/s | 1987 |
| Serial MIDI | 31.25 kbit/s | 3.9 kB/s | 1983 |
| CBM Bus max | 41.6 kbit/s | 5.1 kB/s | 1981 |
| Serial RS-232 max | 230.4 kbit/s | 28.8 kB/s | 1962 |
| Serial DMX512A | 250.0 kbit/s | 31.25 kB/s | 1998 |
| Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) | 1 Mbit/s | 125 kB/s | 1970 (standardized 1994) |
| Serial 16550 UART max | 1.5 Mbit/s | 187.5 kB/s | |
| USB 1.0 low speed | 1.536 Mbit/s | 192 kB/s | 1996 |
| Serial UART max | 2.7648 Mbit/s | 345.6 kB/s | |
| GPIB/HPIB (IEEE-488.1) IEEE-488 max. | 8 Mbit/s | 1 MB/s | The late 1960s (standardized 1976) |
| Serial EIA-422 max. | 10 Mbit/s | 1.25 MB/s | |
| USB 1.0 full speed | 12 Mbit/s | 1.5 MB/s | 1996 |
| Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) | 16 Mbit/s | 2 MB/s | 1992 |
| Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) ECP (Extended Capability Port) | 20 Mbit/s | 2.5 MB/s | 1994 |
| Serial EIA-485 max. | 35 Mbit/s | 4.375 MB/s | |
| GPIB/HPIB (IEEE-488.1-2003) IEEE-488 max. | 64 Mbit/s | 8 MB/s | |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394) 100 | 98.304 Mbit/s | 12.288 MB/s | 1995 |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394) 200 | 196.608 Mbit/s | 24.576 MB/s | 1995 |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394) 400 | 393.216 Mbit/s | 49.152 MB/s | 1995 |
| USB 2.0 high speed | 480 Mbit/s | 60 MB/s | 2000 |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 800 | 786.432 Mbit/s | 98.304 MB/s | 2002 |
| Fibre Channel 1 Gb SCSI | 1.0625 Gbit/s | 100 MB/s | |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 1600 | 1.573 Gbit/s | 196.6 MB/s | 2007 |
| Fibre Channel 2 Gb SCSI | 2.125 Gbit/s | 200 MB/s | |
| eSATA (SATA 300) | 3 Gbit/s | 300 MB/s | 2004 |
| CoaXPress Base (up and down bidirectional link) | 3.125 Gbit/s + 20.833 Mbit/s | 390 MB/s | 2009 |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 3200 | 3.1457 Gbit/s | 393.216 MB/s | 2007 |
| External PCI Express 2.0 ×1 | 4 Gbit/s | 500 MB/s | |
| Fibre Channel 4 Gb SCSI | 4.25 Gbit/s | 531.25 MB/s | |
| USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (aka USB 3.1 Gen 1) | 5 Gbit/s | 500 MB/s | 2010 |
| eSATA (SATA 600) | 6 Gbit/s | 600 MB/s | 2011 |
| CoaXPress full (up and down bidirectional link) | 6.25 Gbit/s + 20.833 Mbit/s | 781 MB/s | 2009 |
| External PCI Express 2.0 ×2 | 8 Gbit/s | 1 GB/s | |
| USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ (aka USB 3.1 Gen 2) | 10 Gbit/s | 1.212 GB/s | 2013 |
| External PCI Express 2.0 ×4 | 16 Gbit/s | 2 GB/s | |
| Thunderbolt | 2 × 10 Gbit/s | 2 × 1.25 GB/s | 2011 |
| USB 3.2 SuperSpeed+ (aka USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) | 20 Gbit/s | 2.424 GB/s | 2017 |
| Thunderbolt 2 | 20 Gbit/s | 2.5 GB/s | 2013 |
| FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) | 28 Gbit/s | 3.5 GB/s | 2019 |
| External PCI Express 2.0 ×8 | 32 Gbit/s | 4 GB/s | |
| Thunderbolt 3 two links | 40 Gbit/s | 5 GB/s | 2015 |
| USB4 | 40 Gbit/s | 5 GB/s | 2019 |
| External PCI Express 2.0 ×16 | 64 Gbit/s | 8 GB/s | |
| USB4v2 | 80 Gbit/s | 10 GB/s | 2022 |
