Terabit per second (Tbit/s)
One trillion bits per second. Used for backbone network links.
What is a terabit per second?
- Symbol
- Tbit/s
- Quantity
- Data Transfer
- Unit system
- SI
- Definition
- One trillion bits per second. Used for backbone network links.
- Exact
- Yes, the value is exact by definition
- Source
- IEC 80000-13:2008, Quantities and units: Information science and technology
Common applications
Used for internet backbone links, undersea cables and data center networks.
Terabit per second in other data transfer units
- 1 Tbit/s = 1000000000000 bit/sBit per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 1000000000 kbit/sKilobit per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 1000000 Mbit/sMegabit per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 1000 Gbit/sGigabit per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 125000000000 B/sByte per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 125000000 kB/sKilobyte per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 125000 MB/sMegabyte per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 125 GB/sGigabyte per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 122070312.5 KiB/sKibibyte per second
- 1 Tbit/s = 119209.28955078125 MiB/sMebibyte per second
- 1 Tbit/s ≈ 116.4153218 GiB/sGibibyte per second
Terabit per second quick reference
| Terabit per second | Megabit per second | Megabyte per second | Bit per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tbit/s | = 1000000 Mbit/s | = 125000 MB/s | = 1000000000000 bit/s |
| 10 Tbit/s | = 10000000 Mbit/s | = 1250000 MB/s | = 10000000000000 bit/s |
| 100 Tbit/s | = 100000000 Mbit/s | = 12500000 MB/s | = 100000000000000 bit/s |
| 1000 Tbit/s | = 1000000000 Mbit/s | = 125000000 MB/s | = 1e+15 bit/s |
Where the terabit per second fits
The next smaller data transfer unit is the gibibyte per second (GiB/s). 1 Tbit/s ≈ 116.4153218 GiB/s, and 1 GiB/s = 0.008589934592 Tbit/s.
Frequently asked questions
- How many megabits per second are in one terabit per second?
- One terabit per second = 1000000 Mbit/s (megabits per second).
- How many megabytes per second are in one terabit per second?
- One terabit per second = 125000 MB/s (megabytes per second).
- How many bits per second are in one terabit per second?
- One terabit per second = 1000000000000 bit/s (bits per second).