Megabits Per Second (Mbps)

Unit Breakdown

Bit = the smallest unit of data (a 0 or 1)
Mega = one million (10^6)
Megabit Per Second (Mbps) = 1,000,000 bits per second

What is Megabits Per Second (Mbps)?

Megabits per second (Mbps) is a unit of measurement used to describe data transfer speed -specifically, how many millions of bits can be moved through a connection in one single second.

Note: 8 Mbps = 1 Megabyte Per Second (MB/s)

Common Use: This is the "universal language" for home Wi-Fi, broadband, and mobile 4G/5G speeds. It determines your ability to stream Netflix in HD, join Zoom calls, or download video games.

Megabits per second (Mbps) Data Transfer Estimator

Enter constant network speed:

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Calculate total data moved over a period of:

check SecondMinute Hour Day

Data Transfer Rate:

1 Megabits per second (Mbps)

Calculated data volume transferred in 1 second at a constant speed of 1 Mbps.

=125,000 B/s
=125 kB/s
=122.0703125 KiB/s
=0.125 MB/s
=0.11920928955078125 MiB/s
=0.000125 GB/s
=0.000116415321826934814453125 GiB/s
=0.000000125 TB/s
=0.00000011368683772161602973938 TiB/s