Gigabits per second to bits per second conversion

Gigabits per second to bits per second conversion table

Gigabits per second (Gb/s)bits per second (bit/s)
00
11000000000
22000000000
33000000000
44000000000
55000000000
66000000000
77000000000
88000000000
99000000000
1010000000000
2020000000000
3030000000000
4040000000000
5050000000000
6060000000000
7070000000000
8080000000000
9090000000000
100100000000000
10001000000000000

How to convert gigabits per second to bits per second?

Certainly! To convert 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) to bits per second (bps), you need to understand that a Gigabit is a multiple of bits. Depending on whether we use base 10 (decimal) or base 2 (binary), the conversion factors will differ.

Base 10 (Decimal) Conversion

In base 10:

  • 1 Gigabit (Gb) = 10910^9 bits

So, 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) is: 1Gbps=1×109bps=1,000,000,000bps1 \, \text{Gbps} = 1 \times 10^9 \, \text{bps} = 1,000,000,000 \, \text{bps}

Base 2 (Binary) Conversion

In base 2:

  • 1 Gibibit (Gib) = 2302^{30} bits

So, 1 Gibibit per second (Gibps) would be: 1Gibps=1×230bps=1,073,741,824bps1 \, \text{Gibps} = 1 \times 2^{30} \, \text{bps} = 1,073,741,824 \, \text{bps}

However, since the term "Gigabit" is usually meant in the base 10 sense in most modern contexts (e.g., internet speeds), 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) is typically understood as a billion bits per second.

Real-world Examples

  1. Ethernet Speed:

    • 1 Gbps is often associated with the speed of standard Gigabit Ethernet, commonly used in home and office networks.
  2. Internet Speed:

    • Many internet service providers offer plans with speeds of 1 Gbps to residential users as high-speed internet.
  3. Data Centers and Large-scale Transfers:

    • Data centers might use higher speeds like 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, or even 100 Gbps to handle enormous amounts of traffic quickly.
  4. File Transfer:

    • If you have a 10 Gbps connection, theoretically, it could transfer data at 10 billion bits per second. This would be equivalent to transferring approximately 1.25 GB (Gigabytes, bytes in base 10) of data per second, assuming no overhead and ideal conditions.
  5. Streaming and Media:

    • Streaming 4K video content might utilize network speeds of several hundred Mbps to several Gbps, depending on the compression and quality.

By breaking down these speeds into bits per second, you can get a more granular understanding of the data rates involved, which is critical for planning network capacity and performance scaling.

See below section for step by step unit conversion with formulas and explanations. Please refer to the table below for a list of all the bits per second to other unit conversions.

What is gigabits per second?

Gigabits per second (Gbps) is a unit of measurement for digital data transfer rates.

1 Gbps is equivalent to:

  • 1 billion bits per second
  • 125 megabytes per second (MB/s)
  • 1000 megabits per second (Mbps)

To put it in perspective, here are some common examples of data transfer rates and their corresponding gigabits per second values:

  • A typical household internet connection: 10-100 Mbps (~0.01-0.1 Gbps)
  • Fast Ethernet: 1 Gbps
  • Gigabit Ethernet: 1 Gbps
  • Fiber-optic internet connections: 5-10 Gbps (commonly marketed as "gigabit" internet, but actually much faster)
  • High-speed fiber-optic networks: 40-100 Gbps or more

Gbps is often used to describe the bandwidth of computer networks, including Ethernet and Wi-Fi connections, as well as the performance of storage devices like solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs).

What is bits per second?

Bits per second (bps) is a unit of measurement that expresses the rate at which digital data is transmitted or processed. It represents the number of binary digits (bits) that are transferred or processed in one second.

To put it simply, if you have a 1-bit connection, you're sending or receiving exactly 1 bit of information every second. If you have a 10-kilobits-per-second (kbps) connection, you're sending or receiving 10,000 bits of information every second. And if you have a 100-megabits-per-second (Mbps) connection, you're sending or receiving 100 million bits of information every second!

In modern computing and communication systems, bps is often used to describe the bandwidth or data transfer rate of various interfaces, such as:

  • Modems
  • Networking connections (e.g., Ethernet, Wi-Fi)
  • File transfers
  • Streaming services

To give you a better idea, here are some common data transfer rates in bits per second:

  • Dial-up modem: 56 kbps (56,000 bps)
  • Fast Ethernet: 100 Mbps (100 million bps)
  • Wireless internet: varies (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
  • High-speed internet: up to 10 Gbps (10 billion bps)

I hope this helps you understand bits per second!

Complete Gigabits per second conversion table

Enter # of Gigabits per second
Convert 1 Gb/s to other unitsResult
Gigabits per second to bits per second (Gb/s to bit/s)1000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobits per second (Gb/s to Kb/s)1000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibits per second (Gb/s to Kib/s)976562.5
Gigabits per second to Megabits per second (Gb/s to Mb/s)1000
Gigabits per second to Mebibits per second (Gb/s to Mib/s)953.67431640625
Gigabits per second to Gibibits per second (Gb/s to Gib/s)0.9313225746155
Gigabits per second to Terabits per second (Gb/s to Tb/s)0.001
Gigabits per second to Tebibits per second (Gb/s to Tib/s)0.0009094947017729
Gigabits per second to bits per minute (Gb/s to bit/minute)60000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobits per minute (Gb/s to Kb/minute)60000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibits per minute (Gb/s to Kib/minute)58593750
Gigabits per second to Megabits per minute (Gb/s to Mb/minute)60000
Gigabits per second to Mebibits per minute (Gb/s to Mib/minute)57220.458984375
Gigabits per second to Gigabits per minute (Gb/s to Gb/minute)60
Gigabits per second to Gibibits per minute (Gb/s to Gib/minute)55.879354476929
Gigabits per second to Terabits per minute (Gb/s to Tb/minute)0.06
Gigabits per second to Tebibits per minute (Gb/s to Tib/minute)0.05456968210638
Gigabits per second to bits per hour (Gb/s to bit/hour)3600000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobits per hour (Gb/s to Kb/hour)3600000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibits per hour (Gb/s to Kib/hour)3515625000
Gigabits per second to Megabits per hour (Gb/s to Mb/hour)3600000
Gigabits per second to Mebibits per hour (Gb/s to Mib/hour)3433227.5390625
Gigabits per second to Gigabits per hour (Gb/s to Gb/hour)3600
Gigabits per second to Gibibits per hour (Gb/s to Gib/hour)3352.7612686157
Gigabits per second to Terabits per hour (Gb/s to Tb/hour)3.6
Gigabits per second to Tebibits per hour (Gb/s to Tib/hour)3.2741809263825
Gigabits per second to bits per day (Gb/s to bit/day)86400000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobits per day (Gb/s to Kb/day)86400000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibits per day (Gb/s to Kib/day)84375000000
Gigabits per second to Megabits per day (Gb/s to Mb/day)86400000
Gigabits per second to Mebibits per day (Gb/s to Mib/day)82397460.9375
Gigabits per second to Gigabits per day (Gb/s to Gb/day)86400
Gigabits per second to Gibibits per day (Gb/s to Gib/day)80466.270446777
Gigabits per second to Terabits per day (Gb/s to Tb/day)86.4
Gigabits per second to Tebibits per day (Gb/s to Tib/day)78.580342233181
Gigabits per second to bits per month (Gb/s to bit/month)2592000000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobits per month (Gb/s to Kb/month)2592000000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibits per month (Gb/s to Kib/month)2531250000000
Gigabits per second to Megabits per month (Gb/s to Mb/month)2592000000
Gigabits per second to Mebibits per month (Gb/s to Mib/month)2471923828.125
Gigabits per second to Gigabits per month (Gb/s to Gb/month)2592000
Gigabits per second to Gibibits per month (Gb/s to Gib/month)2413988.1134033
Gigabits per second to Terabits per month (Gb/s to Tb/month)2592
Gigabits per second to Tebibits per month (Gb/s to Tib/month)2357.4102669954
Gigabits per second to Bytes per second (Gb/s to Byte/s)125000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobytes per second (Gb/s to KB/s)125000
Gigabits per second to Kibibytes per second (Gb/s to KiB/s)122070.3125
Gigabits per second to Megabytes per second (Gb/s to MB/s)125
Gigabits per second to Mebibytes per second (Gb/s to MiB/s)119.20928955078
Gigabits per second to Gigabytes per second (Gb/s to GB/s)0.125
Gigabits per second to Gibibytes per second (Gb/s to GiB/s)0.1164153218269
Gigabits per second to Terabytes per second (Gb/s to TB/s)0.000125
Gigabits per second to Tebibytes per second (Gb/s to TiB/s)0.0001136868377216
Gigabits per second to Bytes per minute (Gb/s to Byte/minute)7500000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobytes per minute (Gb/s to KB/minute)7500000
Gigabits per second to Kibibytes per minute (Gb/s to KiB/minute)7324218.75
Gigabits per second to Megabytes per minute (Gb/s to MB/minute)7500
Gigabits per second to Mebibytes per minute (Gb/s to MiB/minute)7152.5573730469
Gigabits per second to Gigabytes per minute (Gb/s to GB/minute)7.5
Gigabits per second to Gibibytes per minute (Gb/s to GiB/minute)6.9849193096161
Gigabits per second to Terabytes per minute (Gb/s to TB/minute)0.0075
Gigabits per second to Tebibytes per minute (Gb/s to TiB/minute)0.006821210263297
Gigabits per second to Bytes per hour (Gb/s to Byte/hour)450000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobytes per hour (Gb/s to KB/hour)450000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibytes per hour (Gb/s to KiB/hour)439453125
Gigabits per second to Megabytes per hour (Gb/s to MB/hour)450000
Gigabits per second to Mebibytes per hour (Gb/s to MiB/hour)429153.44238281
Gigabits per second to Gigabytes per hour (Gb/s to GB/hour)450
Gigabits per second to Gibibytes per hour (Gb/s to GiB/hour)419.09515857697
Gigabits per second to Terabytes per hour (Gb/s to TB/hour)0.45
Gigabits per second to Tebibytes per hour (Gb/s to TiB/hour)0.4092726157978
Gigabits per second to Bytes per day (Gb/s to Byte/day)10800000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobytes per day (Gb/s to KB/day)10800000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibytes per day (Gb/s to KiB/day)10546875000
Gigabits per second to Megabytes per day (Gb/s to MB/day)10800000
Gigabits per second to Mebibytes per day (Gb/s to MiB/day)10299682.617188
Gigabits per second to Gigabytes per day (Gb/s to GB/day)10800
Gigabits per second to Gibibytes per day (Gb/s to GiB/day)10058.283805847
Gigabits per second to Terabytes per day (Gb/s to TB/day)10.8
Gigabits per second to Tebibytes per day (Gb/s to TiB/day)9.8225427791476
Gigabits per second to Bytes per month (Gb/s to Byte/month)324000000000000
Gigabits per second to Kilobytes per month (Gb/s to KB/month)324000000000
Gigabits per second to Kibibytes per month (Gb/s to KiB/month)316406250000
Gigabits per second to Megabytes per month (Gb/s to MB/month)324000000
Gigabits per second to Mebibytes per month (Gb/s to MiB/month)308990478.51563
Gigabits per second to Gigabytes per month (Gb/s to GB/month)324000
Gigabits per second to Gibibytes per month (Gb/s to GiB/month)301748.51417542
Gigabits per second to Terabytes per month (Gb/s to TB/month)324
Gigabits per second to Tebibytes per month (Gb/s to TiB/month)294.67628337443

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