Megabyte per second (MB/s)
One million bytes per second. Download managers and disk speeds are often shown in MB/s.
What is a megabyte per second?
- Symbol
- MB/s
- Quantity
- Data Transfer
- Unit system
- SI
- Definition
- One million bytes per second. Download managers and disk speeds are often shown in MB/s.
- Exact
- Yes, the value is exact by definition
- Source
- IEC 80000-13:2008, Quantities and units: Information science and technology
Common applications
Used for download speeds, file copy speeds and hard drive or SD card read and write speeds.
Megabyte per second in other data transfer units
- 1 MB/s = 8000000 bit/sBit per second
- 1 MB/s = 8000 kbit/sKilobit per second
- 1 MB/s = 8 Mbit/sMegabyte per second to Megabit per second converter
- 1 MB/s = 0.008 Gbit/sGigabit per second
- 1 MB/s = 0.000008 Tbit/sTerabit per second
- 1 MB/s = 1000000 B/sByte per second
- 1 MB/s = 1000 kB/sKilobyte per second
- 1 MB/s = 0.001 GB/sGigabyte per second
- 1 MB/s = 976.5625 KiB/sKibibyte per second
- 1 MB/s = 0.95367431640625 MiB/sMebibyte per second
- 1 MB/s ≈ 0.0009313225746 GiB/sGibibyte per second
Megabyte per second quick reference
| Megabyte per second | Megabit per second | Bit per second | Kilobit per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MB/s | = 8 Mbit/s | = 8000000 bit/s | = 8000 kbit/s |
| 10 MB/s | = 80 Mbit/s | = 80000000 bit/s | = 80000 kbit/s |
| 100 MB/s | = 800 Mbit/s | = 800000000 bit/s | = 800000 kbit/s |
| 1000 MB/s | = 8000 Mbit/s | = 8000000000 bit/s | = 8000000 kbit/s |
Where the megabyte per second fits
The next smaller data transfer unit is the megabit per second (Mbit/s). 1 MB/s = 8 Mbit/s, and 1 Mbit/s = 0.125 MB/s.
The next larger data transfer unit is the mebibyte per second (MiB/s). 1 MB/s = 0.95367431640625 MiB/s, and 1 MiB/s = 1.048576 MB/s.
Frequently asked questions
- How many megabits per second are in one megabyte per second?
- One megabyte per second = 8 Mbit/s (megabits per second).
- How many bits per second are in one megabyte per second?
- One megabyte per second = 8000000 bit/s (bits per second).
- How many kilobits per second are in one megabyte per second?
- One megabyte per second = 8000 kbit/s (kilobits per second).