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Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per minute conversion

Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per minute conversion table

Gigabytes per second (GB/s)Gigabytes per minute (GB/minute)
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160
2120
3180
4240
5300
6360
7420
8480
9540
10600
201200
301800
402400
503000
603600
704200
804800
905400
1006000
100060000

How to convert gigabytes per second to gigabytes per minute?

To convert 1 Gigabyte per second (GBps) to Gigabytes per minute (GB/min), you'll need to multiply by the number of seconds in a minute. Since there are 60 seconds in a minute:

Base 10 (Decimal System) Conversion:

1 GB (base 10) = 10^9 bytes.

1 GBps = 1 GB/second

So, in base 10: 1 GBps×60 seconds/minute=60 GB/min1 \text{ GBps} \times 60 \text{ seconds/minute} = 60 \text{ GB/min}

Base 2 (Binary System) Conversion:

1 GiB (base 2) = 2^30 bytes.

1 GiBps = 1 GiB/second

So, in base 2: 1 GiBps×60 seconds/minute=60 GiB/min1 \text{ GiBps} \times 60 \text{ seconds/minute} = 60 \text{ GiB/min}

In this case, the conversion factor (60 seconds/minute) applies equally in both the base 10 and base 2 scenarios, because it is a unit of time that doesn't depend on the base system.

Real-World Examples of Data Transfer Rates:

  1. USB 3.1 Gen 2:

    • Data Transfer Rate: 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second)
    • Conversion:
      • 10 Gbps = 10^10 bits per second = 10^10 / 8 bytes per second = 1.25 GBps (base 10)
      • So in one minute: 1.25 GBps×60 sec/min=75 GB/min1.25 \text{ GBps} \times 60 \text{ sec/min} = 75 \text{ GB/min}

  2. SATA III (Solid-State Drive Interface):

    • Data Transfer Rate: 6 Gbps
    • Conversion:
      • 6 Gbps = 6 * 10^9 bits per second = 6 * 10^9 / 8 bytes per second = 750 MBps = 0.75 GBps (base 10)
      • So in one minute: 0.75 GBps×60 sec/min=45 GB/min0.75 \text{ GBps} \times 60 \text{ sec/min} = 45 \text{ GB/min}

  3. Thunderbolt 3:

    • Data Transfer Rate: 40 Gbps
    • Conversion:
      • 40 Gbps = 40 * 10^9 bits per second = 40 * 10^9 / 8 bytes per second = 5 GBps (base 10)
      • So in one minute: 5 GBps×60 sec/min=300 GB/min5 \text{ GBps} \times 60 \text{ sec/min} = 300 \text{ GB/min}

  4. Ethernet (1 Gbps, Gigabit Ethernet):

    • Data Transfer Rate: 1 Gbps
    • Conversion:
      • 1 Gbps = 10^9 bits per second = 10^9 / 8 bytes per second = 125 MBps = 0.125 GBps (base 10)
      • So in one minute: 0.125 GBps×60 sec/min=7.5 GB/min0.125 \text{ GBps} \times 60 \text{ sec/min} = 7.5 \text{ GB/min}

These calculations demonstrate how various data transfer rates, often specified in Gbps, translate into Gigabytes per minute for practical real-world understanding.

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 Gigabytes per minute to other unit conversions.

What is gigabytes per second?

Gigabytes per second (GB/s) is a unit of measurement that represents the rate at which data can be transferred, processed, or stored. It's a measure of bandwidth or throughput.

To put it simply:

  • 1 GB/s means that 1 gigabyte of data can be transferred in just 1 second.
  • Gigabytes are a large unit of digital information (1 GB = 1 billion bytes).
  • Per second is the rate at which this data transfer occurs.

For context, here are some examples to illustrate what different speeds mean:

  • Streaming video: 5-10 MB/s (megabytes per second) - This is the typical speed for streaming a high-definition movie online.
  • Fast USB flash drive: 50-100 MB/s
  • High-speed Ethernet connection: 1 GB/s (1,000 MB/s)
  • Supercomputer data transfer: 100 GB/s or more!

Keep in mind that this unit of measurement is commonly used to describe the speed of:

  1. Data storage and retrieval
  2. Network connections (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet)
  3. Data processing and computing
  4. Video and audio streaming

Now you know what gigabytes per second represent!

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

Complete Gigabytes per second conversion table

Enter # of Gigabytes per second
Convert 1 GB/s to other unitsResult
Gigabytes per second to bits per second (GB/s to bit/s)8000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobits per second (GB/s to Kb/s)8000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibits per second (GB/s to Kib/s)7812500
Gigabytes per second to Megabits per second (GB/s to Mb/s)8000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibits per second (GB/s to Mib/s)7629.39453125
Gigabytes per second to Gigabits per second (GB/s to Gb/s)8
Gigabytes per second to Gibibits per second (GB/s to Gib/s)7.4505805969238
Gigabytes per second to Terabits per second (GB/s to Tb/s)0.008
Gigabytes per second to Tebibits per second (GB/s to Tib/s)0.007275957614183
Gigabytes per second to bits per minute (GB/s to bit/minute)480000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobits per minute (GB/s to Kb/minute)480000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibits per minute (GB/s to Kib/minute)468750000
Gigabytes per second to Megabits per minute (GB/s to Mb/minute)480000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibits per minute (GB/s to Mib/minute)457763.671875
Gigabytes per second to Gigabits per minute (GB/s to Gb/minute)480
Gigabytes per second to Gibibits per minute (GB/s to Gib/minute)447.03483581543
Gigabytes per second to Terabits per minute (GB/s to Tb/minute)0.48
Gigabytes per second to Tebibits per minute (GB/s to Tib/minute)0.436557456851
Gigabytes per second to bits per hour (GB/s to bit/hour)28800000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobits per hour (GB/s to Kb/hour)28800000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibits per hour (GB/s to Kib/hour)28125000000
Gigabytes per second to Megabits per hour (GB/s to Mb/hour)28800000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibits per hour (GB/s to Mib/hour)27465820.3125
Gigabytes per second to Gigabits per hour (GB/s to Gb/hour)28800
Gigabytes per second to Gibibits per hour (GB/s to Gib/hour)26822.090148926
Gigabytes per second to Terabits per hour (GB/s to Tb/hour)28.8
Gigabytes per second to Tebibits per hour (GB/s to Tib/hour)26.19344741106
Gigabytes per second to bits per day (GB/s to bit/day)691200000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobits per day (GB/s to Kb/day)691200000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibits per day (GB/s to Kib/day)675000000000
Gigabytes per second to Megabits per day (GB/s to Mb/day)691200000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibits per day (GB/s to Mib/day)659179687.5
Gigabytes per second to Gigabits per day (GB/s to Gb/day)691200
Gigabytes per second to Gibibits per day (GB/s to Gib/day)643730.16357422
Gigabytes per second to Terabits per day (GB/s to Tb/day)691.2
Gigabytes per second to Tebibits per day (GB/s to Tib/day)628.64273786545
Gigabytes per second to bits per month (GB/s to bit/month)20736000000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobits per month (GB/s to Kb/month)20736000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibits per month (GB/s to Kib/month)20250000000000
Gigabytes per second to Megabits per month (GB/s to Mb/month)20736000000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibits per month (GB/s to Mib/month)19775390625
Gigabytes per second to Gigabits per month (GB/s to Gb/month)20736000
Gigabytes per second to Gibibits per month (GB/s to Gib/month)19311904.907227
Gigabytes per second to Terabits per month (GB/s to Tb/month)20736
Gigabytes per second to Tebibits per month (GB/s to Tib/month)18859.282135963
Gigabytes per second to Bytes per second (GB/s to Byte/s)1000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobytes per second (GB/s to KB/s)1000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibytes per second (GB/s to KiB/s)976562.5
Gigabytes per second to Megabytes per second (GB/s to MB/s)1000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibytes per second (GB/s to MiB/s)953.67431640625
Gigabytes per second to Gibibytes per second (GB/s to GiB/s)0.9313225746155
Gigabytes per second to Terabytes per second (GB/s to TB/s)0.001
Gigabytes per second to Tebibytes per second (GB/s to TiB/s)0.0009094947017729
Gigabytes per second to Bytes per minute (GB/s to Byte/minute)60000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobytes per minute (GB/s to KB/minute)60000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibytes per minute (GB/s to KiB/minute)58593750
Gigabytes per second to Megabytes per minute (GB/s to MB/minute)60000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibytes per minute (GB/s to MiB/minute)57220.458984375
Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per minute (GB/s to GB/minute)60
Gigabytes per second to Gibibytes per minute (GB/s to GiB/minute)55.879354476929
Gigabytes per second to Terabytes per minute (GB/s to TB/minute)0.06
Gigabytes per second to Tebibytes per minute (GB/s to TiB/minute)0.05456968210638
Gigabytes per second to Bytes per hour (GB/s to Byte/hour)3600000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobytes per hour (GB/s to KB/hour)3600000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibytes per hour (GB/s to KiB/hour)3515625000
Gigabytes per second to Megabytes per hour (GB/s to MB/hour)3600000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibytes per hour (GB/s to MiB/hour)3433227.5390625
Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per hour (GB/s to GB/hour)3600
Gigabytes per second to Gibibytes per hour (GB/s to GiB/hour)3352.7612686157
Gigabytes per second to Terabytes per hour (GB/s to TB/hour)3.6
Gigabytes per second to Tebibytes per hour (GB/s to TiB/hour)3.2741809263825
Gigabytes per second to Bytes per day (GB/s to Byte/day)86400000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobytes per day (GB/s to KB/day)86400000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibytes per day (GB/s to KiB/day)84375000000
Gigabytes per second to Megabytes per day (GB/s to MB/day)86400000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibytes per day (GB/s to MiB/day)82397460.9375
Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per day (GB/s to GB/day)86400
Gigabytes per second to Gibibytes per day (GB/s to GiB/day)80466.270446777
Gigabytes per second to Terabytes per day (GB/s to TB/day)86.4
Gigabytes per second to Tebibytes per day (GB/s to TiB/day)78.580342233181
Gigabytes per second to Bytes per month (GB/s to Byte/month)2592000000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kilobytes per month (GB/s to KB/month)2592000000000
Gigabytes per second to Kibibytes per month (GB/s to KiB/month)2531250000000
Gigabytes per second to Megabytes per month (GB/s to MB/month)2592000000
Gigabytes per second to Mebibytes per month (GB/s to MiB/month)2471923828.125
Gigabytes per second to Gigabytes per month (GB/s to GB/month)2592000
Gigabytes per second to Gibibytes per month (GB/s to GiB/month)2413988.1134033
Gigabytes per second to Terabytes per month (GB/s to TB/month)2592
Gigabytes per second to Tebibytes per month (GB/s to TiB/month)2357.4102669954

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