Gigabits per second (Gb/s) to Gibibits per hour (Gib/hour) conversion

Gigabits per second to Gibibits per hour conversion table

Gigabits per second (Gb/s)Gibibits per hour (Gib/hour)
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13352.7612686157
26705.5225372314
310058.283805847
413411.045074463
516763.806343079
620116.567611694
723469.32888031
826822.090148926
930174.851417542
1033527.612686157
2067055.225372314
30100582.83805847
40134110.45074463
50167638.06343079
60201165.67611694
70234693.2888031
80268220.90148926
90301748.51417542
100335276.12686157
10003352761.2686157

How to convert gigabits per second to gibibits per hour?

Sure, let's start with the basics:

1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equivalent to transferring 1 billion (10^9) bits of data every second.

Conversion Using Base 10:

  1. Convert Gigabits to Gigabits per Hour:

    • Since there are 3600 seconds in an hour: 1 Gbps=1 Gbps×3600 seconds/hour=3600 Gigabits/hour 1 \text{ Gbps} = 1 \text{ Gbps} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 3600 \text{ Gigabits/hour}
  2. Convert Gigabits to Gibibits:

    • Gigabits (decimal) use base 10: 1 Gigabit=109 bits1 \text{ Gigabit} = 10^9 \text{ bits}
    • Gibibits (binary) use base 2: 1 Gibibit=230 bits1.073741824×109 bits1 \text{ Gibibit} = 2^{30} \text{ bits} \approx 1.073741824 \times 10^9 \text{ bits}
    • Therefore, to convert Gigabits to Gibibits: 3600 Gigabits/hour=3600×109 bits/hour230 bits/Gibibit3355.44 Gibibits/hour 3600 \text{ Gigabits/hour} = \frac{3600 \times 10^9 \text{ bits/hour}}{2^{30} \text{ bits/Gibibit}} \approx 3355.44 \text{ Gibibits/hour}

Conversion Using Base 2:

When we treat 1 Gbps as 1 Gibibit per second (this is non-standard but converting for comparison):

  1. Convert 1 Gbps to Gibibits per Second:

    • Using base 2: 1 Gbps0.931 Gibibits per second1 \text{ Gbps} \approx 0.931 \text{ Gibibits per second} since 1 Gigabit=109 bits1 \text{ Gigabit} = 10^9 \text{ bits} and 1 Gibibit=230 bits1 \text{ Gibibit} = 2^{30} \text{ bits}
    • Hence, 1 Gbps1092300.931 Gibibits per second1 \text{ Gbps} \approx \frac{10^9}{2^{30}} \approx 0.931 \text{ Gibibits per second}
  2. Convert Gibibits per Second to Gibibits per Hour:

    • Since there are 3600 seconds in an hour: 0.931 Gibibits per second×3600 seconds/hour3351.6 Gibibits/hour 0.931 \text{ Gibibits per second} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} \approx 3351.6 \text{ Gibibits/hour}

Real-World Examples:

  1. 50 Gbps Network Connection:

    • In base 10: 50 Gbps×3600 seconds/hour=180,000 Gigabits/hour 50 \text{ Gbps} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 180,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour}
    • Converted to Gibibits: 180,000 Gigabits/hour÷1.073741824167,560 Gibibits/hour 180,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour} \div 1.073741824 \approx 167,560 \text{ Gibibits/hour}
  2. 10 Gbps High-Speed Internet:

    • In base 10: 10 Gbps×3600 seconds/hour=36,000 Gigabits/hour 10 \text{ Gbps} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 36,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour}
    • Converted to Gibibits: 36,000 Gigabits/hour÷1.07374182433,554 Gibibits/hour 36,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour} \div 1.073741824 \approx 33,554 \text{ Gibibits/hour}
  3. 100 Gbps Data Center Connectivity:

    • In base 10: 100 Gbps×3600 seconds/hour=360,000 Gigabits/hour 100 \text{ Gbps} \times 3600 \text{ seconds/hour} = 360,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour}
    • Converted to Gibibits: 360,000 Gigabits/hour÷1.073741824335,544 Gibibits/hour 360,000 \text{ Gigabits/hour} \div 1.073741824 \approx 335,544 \text{ Gibibits/hour}

These conversions allow you to understand how data rates scale over longer periods and how they are impacted by the base unit used for measurement.

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 Gibibits per hour to other unit conversions.

What is Gigabits per second?

Gigabits per second (Gbps) is a unit of data transfer rate, quantifying the amount of data transmitted over a network or connection in one second. It's a crucial metric for understanding bandwidth and network speed, especially in today's data-intensive world.

Understanding Bits, Bytes, and Prefixes

To understand Gbps, it's important to grasp the basics:

  • Bit: The fundamental unit of information in computing, represented as a 0 or 1.
  • Byte: A group of 8 bits.
  • Prefixes: Used to denote multiples of bits or bytes (kilo, mega, giga, tera, etc.).

A gigabit (Gb) represents one billion bits. However, the exact value depends on whether we're using base 10 (decimal) or base 2 (binary) prefixes.

Base 10 (Decimal) vs. Base 2 (Binary)

  • Base 10 (SI): In decimal notation, a gigabit is exactly 10910^9 bits or 1,000,000,000 bits.
  • Base 2 (Binary): In binary notation, a gigabit is 2302^{30} bits or 1,073,741,824 bits. This is sometimes referred to as a "gibibit" (Gib) to distinguish it from the decimal gigabit. However, Gbps almost always refers to the base 10 value.

In the context of data transfer rates (Gbps), we almost always refer to the base 10 (decimal) value. This means 1 Gbps = 1,000,000,000 bits per second.

How Gbps is Formed

Gbps is calculated by measuring the amount of data transmitted over a specific period, then dividing the data size by the time.

Data Transfer Rate (Gbps)=Amount of Data (Gigabits)Time (seconds)\text{Data Transfer Rate (Gbps)} = \frac{\text{Amount of Data (Gigabits)}}{\text{Time (seconds)}}

For example, if 5 gigabits of data are transferred in 1 second, the data transfer rate is 5 Gbps.

Real-World Examples of Gbps

  • Modern Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet is a common networking standard, offering speeds of 1 Gbps. Many homes and businesses use Gigabit Ethernet for their local networks.
  • Fiber Optic Internet: Fiber optic internet connections commonly provide speeds ranging from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps or higher, enabling fast downloads and streaming.
  • USB Standards: USB 3.1 Gen 2 has a data transfer rate of 10 Gbps. Newer USB standards like USB4 offer even faster speeds (up to 40 Gbps).
  • Thunderbolt Ports: Thunderbolt ports (used in computers and peripherals) can support data transfer rates of 40 Gbps or more.
  • Solid State Drives (SSDs): High-performance NVMe SSDs can achieve read and write speeds exceeding 3 Gbps, significantly improving system performance.
  • 8K Streaming: Streaming 8K video content requires a significant amount of bandwidth. Bitrates can reach 50-100 Mbps (0.05 - 0.1 Gbps) or more. Thus, a fast internet connection is crucial for a smooth experience.

Factors Affecting Actual Data Transfer Rates

While Gbps represents the theoretical maximum data transfer rate, several factors can affect the actual speed you experience:

  • Network Congestion: Sharing a network with other users can reduce available bandwidth.
  • Hardware Limitations: Older devices or components might not be able to support the maximum Gbps speed.
  • Protocol Overhead: Some of the bandwidth is used for protocols (TCP/IP) and header information, reducing the effective data transfer rate.
  • Distance: Over long distances, signal degradation can reduce the data transfer rate.

Notable People/Laws (Indirectly Related)

While no specific law or person is directly tied to the invention of "Gigabits per second" as a unit, Claude Shannon's work on information theory laid the foundation for digital communication and data transfer rates. His work provided the mathematical framework for understanding the limits of data transmission over noisy channels.

What is gibibits per hour?

Let's explore what Gibibits per hour (Gibps) signifies, its composition, and its practical relevance in the realm of data transfer rates.

Understanding Gibibits per Hour (Gibps)

Gibibits per hour (Gibps) is a unit used to measure data transfer rate or throughput. It indicates the amount of data, measured in gibibits (Gibit), that is transferred or processed in one hour. It's commonly used in networking and data storage contexts to describe the speed at which data moves.

Breakdown of the Unit

  • Gibi: "Gibi" stands for "binary gigabit". It is a multiple of bits, specifically 2302^{30} bits. This is important because it is a binary prefix, as opposed to a decimal prefix.
  • bit: The fundamental unit of information in computing, representing a binary digit (0 or 1).
  • per hour: This specifies the time frame over which the data transfer is measured.

Therefore, 1 Gibps represents 2302^{30} bits of data being transferred in one hour.

Base 2 vs Base 10 Confusion

It's crucial to distinguish between Gibibits (Gibi - base 2) and Gigabits (Giga - base 10).

  • Gibibit (Gibi): A binary prefix, where 1 Gibit = 2302^{30} bits = 1,073,741,824 bits.
  • Gigabit (Giga): A decimal prefix, where 1 Gbit = 10910^9 bits = 1,000,000,000 bits.

The difference between the two is significant, roughly 7.4%. When dealing with data storage or transfer rates, it's essential to know whether the Gibi or Giga prefix is used. Many systems and standards now use binary prefixes (Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti, etc.) to avoid ambiguity.

Calculation

To convert from Gibps to bits per second (bps) or other common units, the following calculations apply:

1 Gibps = 2302^{30} bits per hour

To convert to bits per second, divide by the number of seconds in an hour (3600):

1 Gibps = 2303600\frac{2^{30}}{3600} bps ≈ 298,290,328 bps.

Real-World Examples

While specific examples of "Gibps" data transfer rates are less common in everyday language, understanding the scale helps:

  • Network Backbones: High-speed fiber optic lines that form the backbone of the internet can transmit data at rates that can be expressed in Gibps.
  • Data Center Storage: Data transfer rates between servers and storage arrays in data centers can be on the order of Gibps.
  • High-End Computing: In high-performance computing (HPC) environments, data movement between processing units and memory can reach Gibps levels.
  • SSD data transfer rate: Fast NVMe drives can achieve sequential read speeds around 3.5GB/s = 28 Gbps = 0.026 Gibps

Key Considerations

  • The move to the Gibi prefix from the Giga prefix came about due to ambiguities.
  • Always double check the unit being used when measuring data transfer rates since there is a difference between the prefixes.

Related Standards and Organizations

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) plays a role in standardizing binary prefixes to avoid confusion with decimal prefixes. You can find more information about these standards on the IEC website and other technical publications.

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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