Gigabyte Per Second to Megabit Per Second Converter

Convert gigabyte per second to megabit per second instantly.

Standard data transfer rate units

bit per second 800000000000
kilobit per second 800000000
megabit per second 800000
gigabit per second 800
terabit per second 0.8
byte per second 100000000000
kilobyte per second 100000000
megabyte per second 100000

Fun comparisons

56K dial-up modem 📞~ 14285714.29
basic DSL connection 🔌~ 80000
4G LTE mobile connection 📱~ 16000
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) link 📶~ 922.72
gigabit fiber connection 💡~ 800
USB 3.0 transfer 🔗~ 160
Thunderbolt 4 transfer ⚡~ 20

How to convert gigabyte per second to megabit per second

Enter your data transfer rate in gigabyte per second and see the result in megabit per second instantly. Key reference points: a 100 Mbps connection downloads at about 12.5 MB/s, a 1 Gbps fiber line transfers 125 MB/s, and the difference between megabits (Mb) and megabytes (MB) is a factor of 8.

Gigabytes per second to megabits per second conversion helps when comparing PCIe and Thunderbolt interface speeds expressed in GB/s against network speeds expressed in Mbps for external storage over network scenarios.

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Common gigabyte per second to megabit per second conversions

Gigabyte Per Second (GB/s)Megabit Per Second (Mbps)
18000
540000
1080000
252
504
1008
5004
10008

Frequently asked questions

1 gigabyte per second equals 8000 megabit per second.

Multiply by 8000. For example, 5 GB/s = 40000 Mbps.

Thunderbolt 4 at 5 GB/s equals 40,000 Mbps (40 Gbps), which is 4 times faster than 10 Gbps Ethernet at 10,000 Mbps.

1 megabit per second equals 0.000125 gigabyte per second.

100 gigabyte per second equals 8 megabit per second.

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