Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per second conversion

Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per second conversion table

Gigabytes per minute (GB/minute)Gigabits per second (Gb/s)
00
10.1333333333333
20.2666666666667
30.4
40.5333333333333
50.6666666666667
60.8
70.9333333333333
81.0666666666667
91.2
101.3333333333333
202.6666666666667
304
405.3333333333333
506.6666666666667
608
709.3333333333333
8010.666666666667
9012
10013.333333333333
1000133.33333333333

How to convert gigabytes per minute to gigabits per second?

To convert Gigabytes per minute (GB/min) to Gigabits per second (Gbps), you need to follow a few steps involving unit conversions.

Base 10 (Decimal System):

  1. Understand the units:

    • 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 Megabytes (MB)
    • 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,000 Kilobytes (KB)
    • 1 Kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 Bytes
    • 1 Byte = 8 bits
    • Therefore, 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,000,000,000 Bytes = 1,000,000,000 * 8 bits = 8,000,000,000 bits.
  2. Convert GB/min to bits per minute:

    • 1 GB/min = 8,000,000,000 bits per minute.
  3. Convert bits per minute to bits per second:

    • 1 minute = 60 seconds.
    • So, 1,000,000,000 bits/min ÷ 60 = 133,333,333.33 bits per second (bps).
  4. Convert bits per second to Gigabits per second:

    • 1 Gigabit (Gb) = 1,000,000,000 bits.
    • Therefore, 133,333,333.33 bps = 133,333,333.33 / 1,000,000,000 Gbps.
    • This results in approximately 1.333 Gbps.

Base 2 (Binary System):

  1. Understand the units:

    • 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 Megabytes (MB)
    • 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,024 Kilobytes (KB)
    • 1 Kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 Bytes
    • 1 Byte = 8 bits
    • Therefore, 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 * 1,024 * 1,024 Bytes = 1,073,741,824 Bytes = 1,073,741,824 * 8 bits = 8,589,934,592 bits.
  2. Convert GB/min to bits per minute:

    • 1 GB/min = 8,589,934,592 bits per minute.
  3. Convert bits per minute to bits per second:

    • 1 minute = 60 seconds.
    • So, 8,589,934,592 bits/min ÷ 60 = 143,165,576.53 bits per second (bps).
  4. Convert bits per second to Gigabits per second:

    • 1 Gigabit (Gb) = 1,073,741,824 bits.
    • Therefore, 143,165,576.53 bps = 143,165,576.53 / 1,073,741,824 Gbps.
    • This results in approximately 1.334 Gbps.

Real-World Examples:

  1. 10 GB/min:

    • Base 10: 10 GB/min = 13.333 Gbps.
    • Base 2: 10 GB/min = 13.342 Gbps.
  2. 50 GB/min:

    • Base 10: 50 GB/min = 66.667 Gbps.
    • Base 2: 50 GB/min = 66.708 Gbps.
  3. 100 GB/min:

    • Base 10: 100 GB/min = 133.333 Gbps.
    • Base 2: 100 GB/min = 133.416 Gbps.

As you can see, the conversions differ slightly between base 10 and base 2 systems due to the difference in definitions of a gigabyte, but both calculations follow the same basic process of converting from bytes to bits, minutes to seconds, and bytes to gigabytes.

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 Gigabits per second to other unit conversions.

What is gigabytes per minute?

Gigabytes per minute (GB/min) is a unit of measurement that expresses the rate at which data is being transferred, copied, or stored over a period of one minute.

To break it down:

  • 1 Gigabyte (GB) is equivalent to:
    • 1 billion bytes
    • 1024 megabytes (MB)
  • Per minute means that this amount of data is being processed in the span of just 60 seconds.

In practical terms, gigabytes per minute is often used to measure:

  1. Data transfer rates: How quickly a file or dataset can be uploaded or downloaded from one location to another.
  2. Data copying speeds: The rate at which data is copied from one storage device to another.
  3. Video encoding and decoding: The speed at which video files are compressed or decompressed.

Here's an example of how gigabytes per minute might apply:

  • Uploading a 1 GB file from your computer to the cloud in just 1 minute means that you're transferring data at a rate of 1 GB/min.
  • Copying 100 GB of data from one external hard drive to another in 5 minutes implies a transfer rate of approximately 20 GB/min.

Now, let's convert gigabytes per minute into more familiar units for easier understanding:

  • 1 GB/min = 0.0167 megabytes (MB) per second
  • 1 GB/min = 57 MB/s

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).

Complete Gigabytes per minute conversion table

Enter # of Gigabytes per minute
Convert 1 GB/minute to other unitsResult
Gigabytes per minute to bits per second (GB/minute to bit/s)133333333.33333
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobits per second (GB/minute to Kb/s)133333.33333333
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibits per second (GB/minute to Kib/s)130208.33333333
Gigabytes per minute to Megabits per second (GB/minute to Mb/s)133.33333333333
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibits per second (GB/minute to Mib/s)127.15657552083
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per second (GB/minute to Gb/s)0.1333333333333
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibits per second (GB/minute to Gib/s)0.1241763432821
Gigabytes per minute to Terabits per second (GB/minute to Tb/s)0.0001333333333333
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibits per second (GB/minute to Tib/s)0.0001212659602364
Gigabytes per minute to bits per minute (GB/minute to bit/minute)8000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobits per minute (GB/minute to Kb/minute)8000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibits per minute (GB/minute to Kib/minute)7812500
Gigabytes per minute to Megabits per minute (GB/minute to Mb/minute)8000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibits per minute (GB/minute to Mib/minute)7629.39453125
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per minute (GB/minute to Gb/minute)8
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibits per minute (GB/minute to Gib/minute)7.4505805969238
Gigabytes per minute to Terabits per minute (GB/minute to Tb/minute)0.008
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibits per minute (GB/minute to Tib/minute)0.007275957614183
Gigabytes per minute to bits per hour (GB/minute to bit/hour)480000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobits per hour (GB/minute to Kb/hour)480000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibits per hour (GB/minute to Kib/hour)468750000
Gigabytes per minute to Megabits per hour (GB/minute to Mb/hour)480000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibits per hour (GB/minute to Mib/hour)457763.671875
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per hour (GB/minute to Gb/hour)480
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibits per hour (GB/minute to Gib/hour)447.03483581543
Gigabytes per minute to Terabits per hour (GB/minute to Tb/hour)0.48
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibits per hour (GB/minute to Tib/hour)0.436557456851
Gigabytes per minute to bits per day (GB/minute to bit/day)11520000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobits per day (GB/minute to Kb/day)11520000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibits per day (GB/minute to Kib/day)11250000000
Gigabytes per minute to Megabits per day (GB/minute to Mb/day)11520000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibits per day (GB/minute to Mib/day)10986328.125
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per day (GB/minute to Gb/day)11520
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibits per day (GB/minute to Gib/day)10728.83605957
Gigabytes per minute to Terabits per day (GB/minute to Tb/day)11.52
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibits per day (GB/minute to Tib/day)10.477378964424
Gigabytes per minute to bits per month (GB/minute to bit/month)345600000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobits per month (GB/minute to Kb/month)345600000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibits per month (GB/minute to Kib/month)337500000000
Gigabytes per minute to Megabits per month (GB/minute to Mb/month)345600000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibits per month (GB/minute to Mib/month)329589843.75
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabits per month (GB/minute to Gb/month)345600
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibits per month (GB/minute to Gib/month)321865.08178711
Gigabytes per minute to Terabits per month (GB/minute to Tb/month)345.6
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibits per month (GB/minute to Tib/month)314.32136893272
Gigabytes per minute to Bytes per second (GB/minute to Byte/s)16666666.666667
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobytes per second (GB/minute to KB/s)16666.666666667
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibytes per second (GB/minute to KiB/s)16276.041666667
Gigabytes per minute to Megabytes per second (GB/minute to MB/s)16.666666666667
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibytes per second (GB/minute to MiB/s)15.894571940104
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabytes per second (GB/minute to GB/s)0.01666666666667
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibytes per second (GB/minute to GiB/s)0.01552204291026
Gigabytes per minute to Terabytes per second (GB/minute to TB/s)0.00001666666666667
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibytes per second (GB/minute to TiB/s)0.00001515824502955
Gigabytes per minute to Bytes per minute (GB/minute to Byte/minute)1000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobytes per minute (GB/minute to KB/minute)1000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibytes per minute (GB/minute to KiB/minute)976562.5
Gigabytes per minute to Megabytes per minute (GB/minute to MB/minute)1000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibytes per minute (GB/minute to MiB/minute)953.67431640625
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibytes per minute (GB/minute to GiB/minute)0.9313225746155
Gigabytes per minute to Terabytes per minute (GB/minute to TB/minute)0.001
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibytes per minute (GB/minute to TiB/minute)0.0009094947017729
Gigabytes per minute to Bytes per hour (GB/minute to Byte/hour)60000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobytes per hour (GB/minute to KB/hour)60000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibytes per hour (GB/minute to KiB/hour)58593750
Gigabytes per minute to Megabytes per hour (GB/minute to MB/hour)60000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibytes per hour (GB/minute to MiB/hour)57220.458984375
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabytes per hour (GB/minute to GB/hour)60
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibytes per hour (GB/minute to GiB/hour)55.879354476929
Gigabytes per minute to Terabytes per hour (GB/minute to TB/hour)0.06
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibytes per hour (GB/minute to TiB/hour)0.05456968210638
Gigabytes per minute to Bytes per day (GB/minute to Byte/day)1440000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobytes per day (GB/minute to KB/day)1440000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibytes per day (GB/minute to KiB/day)1406250000
Gigabytes per minute to Megabytes per day (GB/minute to MB/day)1440000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibytes per day (GB/minute to MiB/day)1373291.015625
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabytes per day (GB/minute to GB/day)1440
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibytes per day (GB/minute to GiB/day)1341.1045074463
Gigabytes per minute to Terabytes per day (GB/minute to TB/day)1.44
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibytes per day (GB/minute to TiB/day)1.309672370553
Gigabytes per minute to Bytes per month (GB/minute to Byte/month)43200000000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kilobytes per month (GB/minute to KB/month)43200000000
Gigabytes per minute to Kibibytes per month (GB/minute to KiB/month)42187500000
Gigabytes per minute to Megabytes per month (GB/minute to MB/month)43200000
Gigabytes per minute to Mebibytes per month (GB/minute to MiB/month)41198730.46875
Gigabytes per minute to Gigabytes per month (GB/minute to GB/month)43200
Gigabytes per minute to Gibibytes per month (GB/minute to GiB/month)40233.135223389
Gigabytes per minute to Terabytes per month (GB/minute to TB/month)43.2
Gigabytes per minute to Tebibytes per month (GB/minute to TiB/month)39.29017111659

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