Comparing Data Transfer Rate of Digital Transmission Lines Around Us
The following is my compilation of various data transmission rate around us. I roughly converted values in M or Kbps to a more meaningful KB/s or MB/s, and then sorted them by transfer rate from slowest to fastest.
- CSD: 9.6 kbps, roughly 1 KB/s
- HSCSD 3+1: 43.2 Kbps downstream, roughly 4 KB/s
- V.90 over telephone lines: 50 kbps downstream, roughly 5 KB/s
- GPRS class 8: 57.6 Kbps downstream, roughly 5 KB/s
- I2C (standard): 100 Kbps, roughly 10 KB/s
- IrDA (typical SIR): 115800 bps, roughly 11 KB/s
- RS-232 serial port: 115800 bps, roughly 11 KB/s
- CDMA2000 1xRTT: 144Kbps, roughly 14 KB/s
- ISDN BRI: 144 Kbps, roughly 14 KB/s
- EDGE: 384 Kbps, roughly 38 KB/s
- UMTS: 384 Kbps, roughly 38 KB/s
- I2c (fast): 400 Kbps, roughly 40 KB/s
- Bluetooth 1.1: 723 Kbps, roughly 70 KB/s
- USB 1.1 (slow rate): 1.5 Mbps, roughly 150 KB/s
- Parallel port (SPP): 150 KB/s
- ISDN PRI T1: 1.544 Mbps, roughly 154 KB/s
- SDSL (2 pair full-duplex): 2Mbps (under 5Km length), roughly 200 KB/s
- ADSL (1 pair half-duplex): 2Mbps (under 5Km length), roughly 200 KB/s
- ISDN PRI E1: 2.048 Mbps, roughly 200 KB/s
- CDMA2000 1xEV-DO: 3.1Mbps, roughly 300 KB/s
- VDSL (1 pair half-duplex): 3Mbps (under 5Km length), roughly 300 KB/s
- I2c (high): 3.4 Mbps, roughly 340 KB/s
- IrDA (typical FIR): 4 Mbps, roughly 400 KB/s
- Ethernet: 10 Mbps, roughly 1MB/s
- Parallel port (EPP): 1 MB/s
- 802.11b: 11 Mbps, roughly 1.1 MB/s
- USB 2.0 full speed: 12 Mbps, roughly 1.5 MB/s
- Parallel port (ECP): 2 MB/s
- E3: 34.064 Mbps, roughly 3.4 MB/s
- T3: 44.736 Mbps, roughly 4.4 MB/s
- Original SCSI: 5 MB/s
- 802.11g: 54Mbps, roughly 5 MB/s
- 802.11a: 54 Mbps, roughly 5 MB/s
- OC-1: 51.84 Mbps, roughly 5.2 MB/s
- FastEthernet: 100 Mbps, roughly 10MB/s
- Fast SCSI: 10 MB/s
- OC-3: 155.54 Mbps, roughly 15.5 MB/s
- Original ATA: 16.7 MB/s
- Wide SCSI: 20 MB/s
- Ultra SCSI: 20 MB/s
- Ultra Wide SCSI: 40 MB/s
- ATA-33: 33MB/s
- Ultra2 SCSI: 40 MB/s
- Firewire 400: 400 Mbps, roughly 40 MB/s
- OC-9: 466.56 Mbps, roughly 46.6 MB/s
- USB 2.0 high speed: 480 Mbps, roughly 57 MB/s
- OC-12: 622.08 Mbps, roughly 62.2 MB/s
- ATA-66: 66 MB/s
- Ultra2 Wide SCSI: 80 MB/s
- Firewire 800: 800 Mbps, roughly 80 MB/s
- OC-18: 933.12 Mbps, roughly 93.3 MB/s
- Gigabit Ethernet: 1000 Mbps, roughly 100MB/s
- ATA -100: 100 MB/s
- OC-24: 1244.16 Mbps, roughly 125 MB/s
- PCI bus: 133MB/s
- ATA-133: 133 MB/s
- Serial ATA: 150 MB/s
- Ultra 3 SCSI: 160 MB/s
- OC-36: 1866.24 Mbps, roughly 186 MB/s
- OC-48: 2488.32 Mbps, roughly 250 MB/s
- AGP port: 266MB/s
- Ultra-320 SCSI: 320 MB/s
- PCI 2.2 bus: 533 MB/s
- AGP 2x port: 533 MB/s
- PCI-X bus: 1066 MB/s
- AGP 4x port: 1066 MB/s
- PCI-X 2.0 bus: 2133 MB/s
- AGP 8x port: 2133 MB/s
- PCI-Express bus: 4GB/s
Any correction? Anything else to add to this list?
Update: addition from Ronny and Jay.
Update: added several 3G technologies