Megabit per second
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| Bit rates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Decimal prefixes | ||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple |
| kilobit per second | kbit/s | 103 |
| megabit per second | Mbit/s | 106 |
| gigabit per second | Gbit/s | 109 |
| Binary prefixes | ||
| kibibit per second | Kibit/s | 210 |
| mebibit per second | Mibit/s | 220 |
| gibibit per second | Gibit/s | 230 |
A megabit per second (Mbps or Mbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 kilobits per second or 1,000,000 bits per second.
The bandwidth of consumer broadband internet services are often rated in Mbit/s.
Most video applications are measured in Mbit/s:
- 32 kbit/s – videophone quality (minimum necessary for a recognizable talking head)
- 2 Mbit/s – VHS quality
- 8 Mbit/s – DVD quality
- 55 Mbit/s – HDTV quality
Megabyte per second
Another unit of data transmission is the megabyte per second (MBps or MB/s), which is 8 times a megabit per second:
- 1 megabyte/s = 8 megabit/s
Many computer data interfaces are rated in MB/s:
Confusion
One megabit per second should not be confused with one mebibit per second:
| 106 bit/s | = | 1,000,000 bit/s | = | 1 Mbit/s (one megabit or one million bits per second) |
| 220 bit/s | = | 1,048,576 bit/s | = | 1 Mibit/s (one mebibit per second) |
