Bandwidth Converter

Convert transfer rates between bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, B/s, KB/s, MB/s, GB/s and their binary KiB/s and MiB/s forms. See how much data a link moves per minute, hour, and day.
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bps and MB/s use decimal (1000); KiB/s and MiB/s use binary (1024). 1 byte = 8 bits.
Bandwidth Conversion
bps100,000,000
Kbps100,000
Mbps100
Gbps0.1
Tbps0
B/s12,500,000
KB/s12,500
MB/s12.5
GB/s0.01
KiB/s12,207.03
MiB/s11.92
GiB/s0.01
Data moved at this rate
Per minute750.00 MB
Per hour45.00 GB
Per day1.08 TB
Time to transfer 1 GB1 min 20 s
100 Mbps ≈ 12,500,000per second. A link's nominal rate is rarely achieved in practice.

Overview

The Bandwidth Converter translates a transfer rate into every common unit at once — bits per second, decimal bytes per second, and binary MiB/s — and shows how much data that rate moves per minute, hour, and day.

Common Use Cases

How to Use

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Type the transfer rate and pick its unit from the dropdown.
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All other units update instantly in the first table.
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The second table shows data moved per minute, hour, and day at that rate.
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Use the Print button to export the conversion table.

Example Scenario

100 Mbps internet connection

Enter 100 with unit Mbps. The calculator shows 100 Mbps = 12.5 MB/s (decimal) or 11.92 MiB/s (binary). At this rate the link moves about 43.9 GB per hour and about 1.05 TB per day of continuous transfer.

Technical Notes

1 byte = 8 bits. Mbps is megabits per second; MB/s is megabytes per second.

bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps and B/s, KB/s, MB/s, GB/s use factors of 1000. KiB/s, MiB/s, and GiB/s use factors of 1024.

The calculator assumes the full nominal rate. Protocol overhead, latency, retransmissions, and shared links reduce real throughput.

Common Mistakes

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Bits and bytes differ by a factor of 8, so 100 Mbps is 12.5 MB/s (decimal) or about 11.92 MiB/s (binary).

MB/s uses 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes (decimal). MiB/s uses 1 MiB = 1,048,576 bytes (binary). They differ by about 4.9%.

At full speed, 1 Gbps moves 108,000 MB per hour, or about 2.59 TB per day in decimal units.

Internet plans quote megabits per second, and real throughput is reduced by overhead, latency, Wi-Fi interference, and the server's upload capacity.

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