Gigabit per Second (Gbps)
A gigabit per second is 10⁹ bit/s. Gigabit Ethernet and fibre broadband run at 1 Gbps; USB 3.2 and Thunderbolt at 10–40 Gbps.
Symbol: Gbps
Quantity: data transfer rate (bandwidth)
SI relation: 1 Gbps = 1000000000 bps (exact)
Derivation: 1 Gbit/s = 10⁹ bit/s.
Exact: yes, by definition
Typical uses
- Ethernet and fibre links
- USB, Thunderbolt and PCIe lanes
- Data-centre networking
Convert gigabits per second to other units
Open the Data Transfer Rate Converter to convert any value between all units.
Sources
- The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 7 (SI prefixes); hertz, Table 4.
Last reviewed: . Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.
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