15 units · base unit bit/s · T⁻¹

Data transfer rate converter

ISPs quote bits per second; download managers show bytes per second. The factor of eight between them is the single most common source of "why is my connection slower than advertised".

1000Mbit/s
✓ Exact 1 Gbit/s = 1000 Mbit/s
1 Gbit/s = 1000 Mbit/s

Common data transfer rate conversions

All data transfer rate units

Each unit expressed in bit per seconds (bit/s), the unit everything in this category converts through.

Unit Symbol System Value in bit/s
Terabit per second Tbit/s metric 1000000000000
Gigabit per second Gbit/s metric 1000000000
Megabit per second Mbit/s metric 1000000
Kilobit per second kbit/s metric 1000
Bit per second bit/s SI 1
Terabyte per second TB/s metric 8000000000000
Gigabyte per second GB/s metric 8000000000
Megabyte per second MB/s metric 8000000
Kilobyte per second kB/s metric 8000
Byte per second B/s SI 8
Kibibit per second Kibit/s other 1024
Mebibit per second Mibit/s other 1048576
Gibibit per second Gibit/s other 1073741824
Mebibyte per second MiB/s other 8388608
Gibibyte per second GiB/s other 8589934592

About data transfer rate units

Convert Mbps, MB/s, Gbps and other bandwidth units.

ISPs quote bits per second; download managers show bytes per second. The factor of eight between them is the single most common source of "why is my connection slower than advertised".

Dimensional formula: T⁻¹. Every conversion on this page goes through the bit per second, using exact fractions rather than decimal approximations. Read how that works →