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Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per second conversion

Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per second conversion table

Megabytes per second (MB/s)Kilobytes per second (KB/s)
00
11000
22000
33000
44000
55000
66000
77000
88000
99000
1010000
2020000
3030000
4040000
5050000
6060000
7070000
8080000
9090000
100100000
10001000000

How to convert megabytes per second to kilobytes per second?

To convert megabytes per second (MBps) to kilobytes per second (KBps), you need to understand the difference between base 10 and base 2 calculations. The distinctions arise from the two systems frequently used in computing:

  1. Base 10 (Decimal System):

    • In the decimal system, 1 megabyte (MB) is defined as 1,000 kilobytes (KB).
    • Therefore, 1 megabyte per second (MBps) is equal to 1,000 kilobytes per second (KBps).

  2. Base 2 (Binary System):

    • In the binary system, 1 megabyte (often referred to as a mebibyte and represented as MiB) is equal to 1,024 kilobytes (KB, technically kibibytes or KiB).
    • Therefore, 1 mebibyte per second (MiBps) is equal to 1,024 kibibytes per second (KiBps).

So, for 1 megabyte per second:

  • Using Base 10: 1 MBps=1,000 KBps1 \text{ MBps} = 1,000 \text{ KBps}
  • Using Base 2: 1 MiBps=1,024 KiBps1 \text{ MiBps} = 1,024 \text{ KiBps}

Real-World Examples:

  1. Web Browsing and Streaming:

    • An online video streaming service like Netflix might need a bandwidth of around 3-5 MBps for high-definition (HD) video streaming. In base 10, that's 3,000-5,000 KBps.

  2. File Transfers:

    • If you are transferring a file over a local network at 100 MBps (base 10), it translates to 100,000 KBps. If you're considering the base 2 system, it would be 102,400 KiBps.

  3. Internet Speeds:

    • A home internet connection advertised at 25 MBps download speed in base 10 offers a data transfer rate of 25,000 KBps.

  4. Memory Cards and USB Drives:

    • A high-speed USB drive might have speeds around 150 MBps, equating in base 10 to 150,000 KBps, or in base 2 to 153,600 KiBps.

Understanding these conversions is handy when interpreting the speed and capacity specifications advertised by manufacturers for networking equipment, storage devices, and internet services.

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 Kilobytes per second to other unit conversions.

What is megabytes per second?

A unit of measurement that's essential in the digital age!

Megabytes per second (MB/s or Mbps) is a measure of data transfer rate, which represents how quickly a device can move data from one place to another.

In simpler terms:

  • 1 MB/s means that a device can transfer 1 megabyte of data in 1 second.
  • 1 megabit per second (Mbit/s), on the other hand, is equivalent to 0.125 MB/s (since 1 Mbit = 8 bits, and 1 byte = 8 bits).

To put it into perspective:

  • A typical USB flash drive might have a transfer rate of around 10-20 MB/s.
  • A high-speed internet connection might have a download speed of around 50-100 MB/s (or 400-800 kbps).
  • Streaming a 4K video at 60 frames per second might require a data transfer rate of around 200-300 MB/s.

Megabytes per second is an important unit of measurement for anyone working with digital media, online services, or high-speed data transfer applications.

What is kilobytes per second?

Kilobytes per second (kb/s or kbps) is a unit of measurement that represents the rate at which data is being transferred, downloaded, or uploaded from one device to another. It's often used to express the speed or bandwidth of internet connections.

To break it down:

  • Kilobyte (KB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,024 bytes.
  • Per second (s) indicates that the measurement is taken over the course of one second.

So, kilobytes per second is essentially a measure of how many kilobytes are being transferred every second. For example:

  • A fast internet connection might have a download speed of 100 kbps, meaning it can transfer 100 kilobytes in just one second.
  • A slower internet connection might have a upload speed of 5 kbps, meaning it can transfer only 5 kilobytes per second.

The unit is commonly used to express the following types of data transfer speeds:

  • Internet download and upload speeds
  • Data transfer rates between devices (e.g., USB drives or network connections)
  • Streaming media (video and audio) transmission speeds

Keep in mind that higher values are generally better, as they indicate faster data transfer rates.

Complete Megabytes per second conversion table

Enter # of Megabytes per second
Convert 1 MB/s to other unitsResult
Megabytes per second to bits per second (MB/s to bit/s)8000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobits per second (MB/s to Kb/s)8000
Megabytes per second to Kibibits per second (MB/s to Kib/s)7812.5
Megabytes per second to Megabits per second (MB/s to Mb/s)8
Megabytes per second to Mebibits per second (MB/s to Mib/s)7.62939453125
Megabytes per second to Gigabits per second (MB/s to Gb/s)0.008
Megabytes per second to Gibibits per second (MB/s to Gib/s)0.007450580596924
Megabytes per second to Terabits per second (MB/s to Tb/s)0.000008
Megabytes per second to Tebibits per second (MB/s to Tib/s)0.000007275957614183
Megabytes per second to bits per minute (MB/s to bit/minute)480000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobits per minute (MB/s to Kb/minute)480000
Megabytes per second to Kibibits per minute (MB/s to Kib/minute)468750
Megabytes per second to Megabits per minute (MB/s to Mb/minute)480
Megabytes per second to Mebibits per minute (MB/s to Mib/minute)457.763671875
Megabytes per second to Gigabits per minute (MB/s to Gb/minute)0.48
Megabytes per second to Gibibits per minute (MB/s to Gib/minute)0.4470348358154
Megabytes per second to Terabits per minute (MB/s to Tb/minute)0.00048
Megabytes per second to Tebibits per minute (MB/s to Tib/minute)0.000436557456851
Megabytes per second to bits per hour (MB/s to bit/hour)28800000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobits per hour (MB/s to Kb/hour)28800000
Megabytes per second to Kibibits per hour (MB/s to Kib/hour)28125000
Megabytes per second to Megabits per hour (MB/s to Mb/hour)28800
Megabytes per second to Mebibits per hour (MB/s to Mib/hour)27465.8203125
Megabytes per second to Gigabits per hour (MB/s to Gb/hour)28.8
Megabytes per second to Gibibits per hour (MB/s to Gib/hour)26.822090148926
Megabytes per second to Terabits per hour (MB/s to Tb/hour)0.0288
Megabytes per second to Tebibits per hour (MB/s to Tib/hour)0.02619344741106
Megabytes per second to bits per day (MB/s to bit/day)691200000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobits per day (MB/s to Kb/day)691200000
Megabytes per second to Kibibits per day (MB/s to Kib/day)675000000
Megabytes per second to Megabits per day (MB/s to Mb/day)691200
Megabytes per second to Mebibits per day (MB/s to Mib/day)659179.6875
Megabytes per second to Gigabits per day (MB/s to Gb/day)691.2
Megabytes per second to Gibibits per day (MB/s to Gib/day)643.73016357422
Megabytes per second to Terabits per day (MB/s to Tb/day)0.6912
Megabytes per second to Tebibits per day (MB/s to Tib/day)0.6286427378654
Megabytes per second to bits per month (MB/s to bit/month)20736000000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobits per month (MB/s to Kb/month)20736000000
Megabytes per second to Kibibits per month (MB/s to Kib/month)20250000000
Megabytes per second to Megabits per month (MB/s to Mb/month)20736000
Megabytes per second to Mebibits per month (MB/s to Mib/month)19775390.625
Megabytes per second to Gigabits per month (MB/s to Gb/month)20736
Megabytes per second to Gibibits per month (MB/s to Gib/month)19311.904907227
Megabytes per second to Terabits per month (MB/s to Tb/month)20.736
Megabytes per second to Tebibits per month (MB/s to Tib/month)18.859282135963
Megabytes per second to Bytes per second (MB/s to Byte/s)1000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per second (MB/s to KB/s)1000
Megabytes per second to Kibibytes per second (MB/s to KiB/s)976.5625
Megabytes per second to Mebibytes per second (MB/s to MiB/s)0.9536743164063
Megabytes per second to Gigabytes per second (MB/s to GB/s)0.001
Megabytes per second to Gibibytes per second (MB/s to GiB/s)0.0009313225746155
Megabytes per second to Terabytes per second (MB/s to TB/s)0.000001
Megabytes per second to Tebibytes per second (MB/s to TiB/s)9.0949470177293e-7
Megabytes per second to Bytes per minute (MB/s to Byte/minute)60000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per minute (MB/s to KB/minute)60000
Megabytes per second to Kibibytes per minute (MB/s to KiB/minute)58593.75
Megabytes per second to Megabytes per minute (MB/s to MB/minute)60
Megabytes per second to Mebibytes per minute (MB/s to MiB/minute)57.220458984375
Megabytes per second to Gigabytes per minute (MB/s to GB/minute)0.06
Megabytes per second to Gibibytes per minute (MB/s to GiB/minute)0.05587935447693
Megabytes per second to Terabytes per minute (MB/s to TB/minute)0.00006
Megabytes per second to Tebibytes per minute (MB/s to TiB/minute)0.00005456968210638
Megabytes per second to Bytes per hour (MB/s to Byte/hour)3600000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per hour (MB/s to KB/hour)3600000
Megabytes per second to Kibibytes per hour (MB/s to KiB/hour)3515625
Megabytes per second to Megabytes per hour (MB/s to MB/hour)3600
Megabytes per second to Mebibytes per hour (MB/s to MiB/hour)3433.2275390625
Megabytes per second to Gigabytes per hour (MB/s to GB/hour)3.6
Megabytes per second to Gibibytes per hour (MB/s to GiB/hour)3.3527612686157
Megabytes per second to Terabytes per hour (MB/s to TB/hour)0.0036
Megabytes per second to Tebibytes per hour (MB/s to TiB/hour)0.003274180926383
Megabytes per second to Bytes per day (MB/s to Byte/day)86400000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per day (MB/s to KB/day)86400000
Megabytes per second to Kibibytes per day (MB/s to KiB/day)84375000
Megabytes per second to Megabytes per day (MB/s to MB/day)86400
Megabytes per second to Mebibytes per day (MB/s to MiB/day)82397.4609375
Megabytes per second to Gigabytes per day (MB/s to GB/day)86.4
Megabytes per second to Gibibytes per day (MB/s to GiB/day)80.466270446777
Megabytes per second to Terabytes per day (MB/s to TB/day)0.0864
Megabytes per second to Tebibytes per day (MB/s to TiB/day)0.07858034223318
Megabytes per second to Bytes per month (MB/s to Byte/month)2592000000000
Megabytes per second to Kilobytes per month (MB/s to KB/month)2592000000
Megabytes per second to Kibibytes per month (MB/s to KiB/month)2531250000
Megabytes per second to Megabytes per month (MB/s to MB/month)2592000
Megabytes per second to Mebibytes per month (MB/s to MiB/month)2471923.828125
Megabytes per second to Gigabytes per month (MB/s to GB/month)2592
Megabytes per second to Gibibytes per month (MB/s to GiB/month)2413.9881134033
Megabytes per second to Terabytes per month (MB/s to TB/month)2.592
Megabytes per second to Tebibytes per month (MB/s to TiB/month)2.3574102669954

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