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Interface Bit Rates

Main Buses

Technology Rate Encoding
PCI 32-bit 33Mhz 1.067 Gb/s 133.33 MB/s
PCI 64-bit 33Mhz 2.133 Gb/s 266.63 MB/s
PCI 32-bit 66Mhz 2.133 Gb/s 266.63 MB/s
PCI Express 1.0 x1 2.500 Gb/s 250.00 MB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 1.0 x2 5.000 Gb/s 500.00 MB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 2.0 x1 5.000 Gb/s 500.00 MB/s 8b/10b
PCI 64-bit 66Mhz 4.266 Gb/s 533.25 MB/s
PCI-X DDR 16-bit 4.266 Gb/s 533.25 MB/s
PCI 64-bit 100mhz 6.400 Gb/s 800.00 MB/s
PCI Express 3.0 x1 7.877 Gb/s 984.62 MB/s 128b/130b
PCI Express 1.0 x4 10.000 Gb/s 1.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 2.0 x2 10.000 Gb/s 1.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI-X 133 8.533 Gb/s 1.07 GB/s
PCI-X QDR 16-bit 8.533 Gb/s 1.07 GB/s
PCI Express 3.0 x2 15.754 Gb/s 1.97 GB/s 128b/130b
PCI Express 1.0 x8 20.000 Gb/s 2.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 2.0 x4 20.000 Gb/s 2.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI-X DDR 17.066 Gb/s 2.13 GB/s
PCI Express 3.0 x4 31.508 Gb/s 3.94 GB/s 128b/130b
PCI Express 1.0 x16 40.000 Gb/s 4.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 2.0 x8 40.000 Gb/s 4.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI-X QDR 34.133 Gb/s 4.26 GB/s
PCI Express 3.0 x8 63.015 Gb/s 7.88 GB/s 128b/130b
PCI Express 1.0 x32 80.000 Gb/s 8.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 2.0 x16 80.000 Gb/s 8.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 3.0 x16 126.031 Gb/s 15.75 GB/s 128b/130b
PCI Express 2.0 x32 160.000 Gb/s 16.00 GB/s 8b/10b
PCI Express 3.0 x32 252.062 Gb/s 31.51 GB/s 128b/130b

Storage

Technology Rate Encoding
Fibre Channel 1GFC 640.00 Mb/s 80.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SATA 1.0 1.20 Gb/s 150.00 MB/s 8b/10b
Fibre Channel 2GFC 1.28 Gb/s 160.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SATA 2.0 2.40 Gb/s 300.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SAS-1 2.40 Gb/s 300.00 MB/s 8b/10b
Fibre Channel 4GFC 2.56 Gb/s 320.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SATA 3.0 4.80 Gb/s 600.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SAS-2 4.80 Gb/s 600.00 MB/s 8b/10b
Fibre Channel 8GFC 5.12 Gb/s 640.00 MB/s 8b/10b
SAS-3 9.60 Gb/s 1.20 GB/s 8b/10b
Fibre Channel 16GFC 10.24 Gb/s 1.28 GB/s 64b/66b
NVMe (PCIe 3.0 x4) 31.51 Gb/s 3.94 GB/s 128b/130b

Peripheral

Technology Rate Encoding
USB 1.0 Low Speed 1.536 Mb/s 192.00 KB/s
USB 1.0 Full Speed 12.000 Mb/s 1.50 MB/s
FireWire 100 98.304 Mb/s 12.29 MB/s 8b/10b
FireWire 200 196.608 Mb/s 24.58 MB/s 8b/10b
FireWire 400 393.216 Mb/s 49.15 MB/s 8b/10b
USB 2.0 High Speed 480.000 Mb/s 60.00 MB/s
FireWire 800 786.432 Mb/s 98.30 MB/s 8b/10b
FireWire 1600 1.579 Gb/s 196.60 MB/s 8b/10b
FireWire 3200 3.146 Gb/s 393.22 MB/s 8b/10b
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (3.1 Gen 1) 5.000 Gb/s 625.00 MB/s 8b/10b
USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ (3.1 Gen 2) 10.000 Gb/s 1.25 GB/s 128b/130b
Thunderbolt 2x 10.000 Gb/s 2x 1.25 GB/s 8b/10b
USB 3.2 SuperSpeed+ 20.000 Gb/s 2.50 GB/s 128b/130b
Thunderbolt 2 20.000 Gb/s 2.50 GB/s 8b/10b
Thunderbolt 3 2x 20.000 Gb/s 2x 2.50 GB/s 128b/130b

Local Area Networks

Technology Rate Encoding
Ethernet (10BASE-X) 10.00 Mb/s 1.250 MB/s
Fast Ethernet (100BASE-X) 100.00 Mb/s 12.500 MB/s 4b/5b
MoCA 1.0 100.00 Mb/s 12.500 MB/s
MoCA 1.1 175.00 Mb/s 21.875 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X) 1.00 Gb/s 125.000 MB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband SDR 1x 2.00 Gb/s 250.000 MB/s 8b/10b
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GBASE-T) 2.50 Gb/s 312.500 MB/s
Infiniband DDR 1x 4.00 Gb/s 500.000 MB/s 8b/10b
5 Gigabit Ethernet (5GBASE-T) 5.00 Gb/s 625.000 MB/s
Infiniband QDR 1x 8.00 Gb/s 1.000 GB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband SDR 4x 8.00 Gb/s 1.000 GB/s 8b/10b
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) 10.00 Gb/s 1.250 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband FDR-10 1x 10.31 Gb/s 1.290 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband FDR 1x 13.64 Gb/s 1.700 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband DDR 4x 16.00 Gb/s 2.000 GB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband SDR 12x 24.00 Gb/s 3.000 GB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband EDR 1x 25.00 Gb/s 3.125 GB/s 64b/66b
25 Gigabit Ethernet (25GBASE-X) 25.00 Gb/s 3.125 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband QDR 4x 32.00 Gb/s 4.000 GB/s 8b/10b
40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBASE-X) 4x10Gb 40.00 Gb/s 5.000 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband FDR-10 4x 41.25 Gb/s 5.160 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband DDR 12x 48.00 Gb/s 6.000 GB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband FDR 4x 54.54 Gb/s 6.820 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband QDR 12x 96.00 Gb/s 12.000 GB/s 8b/10b
Infiniband EDR 4x 100.00 Gb/s 12.500 GB/s 64b/66b
100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GBASE-X) 10x10Gb/4x25Gb 100.00 Gb/s 12.500 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband FDR-10 12x 123.75 Gb/s 15.470 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband FDR 12x 163.64 Gb/s 20.450 GB/s 64b/66b
Infiniband EDR 12x 300.00 Gb/s 37.500 GB/s 64b/66b

Last update: December 14, 2019
Created: June 22, 2019