Factor (bit/s) |
SI prefix |
Value |
Field |
Item |
10−2 |
|
5.0×10−2 bit/s |
Text data |
Project ELF bit rate for transmitting 3-letter codes to US nuclear submarines [1][2] |
100 |
bit/s |
|
|
|
101 |
|
5.0×101 bit/s |
Positioning system |
Bit rate for transmissions from GPS satellites [3] |
5.6×101 bit/s |
Text data |
Bit rate for a skilled operator in Morse code[4] |
103 |
kbit/s |
4×103 bit/s |
Audio data |
Minimum achieved for encoding recognizable speech (using special-purpose speech codecs) |
8×103 bit/s |
Audio data |
Low bit rate telephone quality |
104 |
|
3.2×104 bit/s |
Audio data |
MW quality and ADPCM voice in telephony, doubling the capacity of a 30 chan link to 60 ch. |
5.6×104 bit/s |
Networking |
56kbit modem – 56 kbit/s – 56,000 bit/s |
6.4×104 bit/s |
Networking |
64 kbit/s in an ISDN B channel or best quality, uncompressed telephone line. |
105 |
|
1.28×105 bit/s |
Audio data |
128 kbit/s MP3 – 128,000 bit/s |
1.92×105 bit/s |
Audio data |
Nearly CD quality[citation needed] for a file compressed in the MP3 format |
106 |
Mbit/s |
1.4112×106 bit/s |
Audio data |
CD audio (uncompressed, 16 bit samples × 44.1 kHz × 2 channels) |
1.536×106 bit/s |
Networking |
24 channels of telephone in the US, or a good VTC T1. |
2×106 bit/s |
Video data |
30 channels of telephone audio or a Video Tele-Conference at VHS quality |
8×106 bit/s |
Video data |
DVD quality |
107 |
|
1×107 bit/s |
Networking |
Classic Ethernet |
1×107 bit/s |
Biology |
Research suggests that the human retina transmits data to the brain at the rate of ca. 107 bit/sec[5][6] |
2.7×107 bit/s |
Video data |
HDTV quality |
108 |
|
1×108 bit/s |
Networking |
Fast Ethernet |
4.8×108 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
USB 2.0 High-Speed (interface signalling rate) |
7.86×108 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
FireWire IEEE 1394b-2002 S800 |
9.5×108 bit/s |
Computer storage |
Harddrive read, Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103Uj [7] |
109 |
Gbit/s |
1×109 bit/s |
Networking |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1.067×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
Parallel ATA UDMA 6; conventional PCI 32 bit 33 MHz – 133 MB/s |
1.244×109 bit/s |
Networking |
OC-24, a 1.244 Gbit/s SONET data channel |
1.5×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
SATA 1.5 Gbit/s – First generation (interface signaling rate) |
3×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
SATA 3Gbit/s – Second generation (interface signaling rate) |
5×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (interface signaling rate) |
6×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
SATA 6Gbit/s – Third generation (interface signaling rate) |
8.533×109 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
PCI-X 64 bit 133 MHz – 1,067 MB/s |
9.953×109 bit/s |
Networking |
OC-192, a 9.953 Gbit/s SONET data channel |
1010 |
|
1.0×1010 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
Thunderbolt |
1.0×1010 bit/s |
Networking |
10 Gigabit Ethernet |
1.0×1010 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
USB 3.1 SuperSpeed 10 Gbit/s (interface signaling rate) |
3.9813×1010 bit/s |
Networking |
OC-768, a 39.813 Gbit/s SONET data channel, the fastest in current use |
4.0×1010 bit/s |
Networking |
40 Gigabit Ethernet |
8×1010 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
PCI Express 2.0 ×16 (interface signaling rate) |
9.6×1010 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
InfiniBand 12X QDR |
1011 |
|
1.0×1011 bit/s |
Networking |
100 Gigabit Ethernet |
1.28×1011 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
PCI Express 3.0 ×16 (interface signaling rate) |
2.0×1011 bit/s |
Networking |
200 Gigabit Ethernet |
2.56×1011 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
PCI Express 4.0 ×16 (interface signaling rate) |
4.0×1011 bit/s |
Networking |
400 Gigabit Ethernet |
5.12×1011 bit/s |
Computer data interfaces |
PCI Express 5.0 ×16 (interface signaling rate) |
1012 |
Tbit/s |
1.28×1012 bit/s |
Networking |
SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine communications cable – 1.28 terabits per second [8] |
3.84×1012 bit/s |
Networking |
I-ME-WE submarine communications cable – design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second [9] |
1014 |
|
2.45×1014 bit/s |
Networking |
Projected average global internet traffic in 2015 according to Cisco's 2011 VNI IP traffic forecast [10][11] |
1015 |
Pbit/s |
1.050×1015 bit/s |
Networking |
Data rate over a 14 transmission core optical fiber developed by NEC and Corning researchers.[12] |