Kilobyte per second (kB/s)
One thousand bytes per second.
What is a kilobyte per second?
- Symbol
- kB/s
- Quantity
- Data Transfer
- Unit system
- SI
- Definition
- One thousand bytes per second.
- Exact
- Yes, the value is exact by definition
- Source
- IEC 80000-13:2008, Quantities and units: Information science and technology
Common applications
Used by browsers and download tools for slow downloads and uploads.
Kilobyte per second in other data transfer units
- 1 kB/s = 8000 bit/sBit per second
- 1 kB/s = 8 kbit/sKilobit per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.008 Mbit/sMegabit per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.000008 Gbit/sGigabit per second
- 1 kB/s = 8e-9 Tbit/sTerabit per second
- 1 kB/s = 1000 B/sByte per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.001 MB/sMegabyte per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.000001 GB/sGigabyte per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.9765625 KiB/sKibibyte per second
- 1 kB/s = 0.00095367431640625 MiB/sMebibyte per second
- 1 kB/s ≈ 9.313225746e-7 GiB/sGibibyte per second
Kilobyte per second quick reference
| Kilobyte per second | Megabit per second | Megabyte per second | Bit per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 kB/s | = 0.008 Mbit/s | = 0.001 MB/s | = 8000 bit/s |
| 10 kB/s | = 0.08 Mbit/s | = 0.01 MB/s | = 80000 bit/s |
| 100 kB/s | = 0.8 Mbit/s | = 0.1 MB/s | = 800000 bit/s |
| 1000 kB/s | = 8 Mbit/s | = 1 MB/s | = 8000000 bit/s |
Where the kilobyte per second fits
The next smaller data transfer unit is the kilobit per second (kbit/s). 1 kB/s = 8 kbit/s, and 1 kbit/s = 0.125 kB/s.
The next larger data transfer unit is the kibibyte per second (KiB/s). 1 kB/s = 0.9765625 KiB/s, and 1 KiB/s = 1.024 kB/s.
Frequently asked questions
- How many megabits per second are in one kilobyte per second?
- One kilobyte per second = 0.008 Mbit/s (megabits per second).
- How many megabytes per second are in one kilobyte per second?
- One kilobyte per second = 0.001 MB/s (megabytes per second).
- How many bits per second are in one kilobyte per second?
- One kilobyte per second = 8000 bit/s (bits per second).