Bandwidth Comparison

Technology Rate
LocalTalk 230 kbit/s 28.8 kB/s
Econet 800 kbit/s 100 kB/s
Omninet 1 Mbit/s 125 kB/s
IBM PC Network 2 Mbit/s 250 kB/s
ARCNET (Standard) 2.5 Mbit/s 312.5 kB/s
Token Ring (Original) 4 Mbit/s 500 kB/s
Ethernet (10BASE-T) 10 Mbit/s 1.25 MB/s
Token Ring (Later) 16 Mbit/s 2 MB/s
ARCnet Plus 20 Mbit/s 2.5 MB/s
TNCS 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
100VG 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
Token Ring IEEE 802.5t 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
FDDI 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
MoCA 1.0[25] 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s
MoCA 1.1[25] 175 Mbit/s 21.875 MB/s
HomePlug AV 200 Mbit/s 25 MB/s
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 400 400 Mbit/s 50 MB/s
HIPPI 800 Mbit/s 100 MB/s
IEEE 1901 1000 Mbit/s 125 MB/s
Token Ring IEEE 802.5v 1 Gbit/s 125 MB/s
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) 1 Gbit/s 125 MB/s
Reflective memory or RFM2 2 Gbit/s 235 MB/s
Myrinet 2000 2 Gbit/s 250 MB/s
Infiniband SDR 1_[28] 2 Gbit/s 250 MB/s
RapidIO Gen1 1x 2.5 Gbit/s 312.5 MB/s
Quadrics QsNetI 3.6 Gbit/s 450 MB/s
Infiniband DDR 4 Gbit/s 500 MB/s
RapidIO Gen2 1x 5 Gbit/s 625 MB/s
Infiniband QDR 1_[28] 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s
Infiniband SDR 4_[28] 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s
Quadrics QsNetII 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s
RapidIO Gen1 4x 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s
RapidIO Gen2 2x 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s
Myri 10G 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s
Infiniband FDR-10 10.31 Gbit/s 1.29 GB/s
Infiniband FDR 1 13.64 Gbit/s 1.7 GB/s
Infiniband DDR 4 16 Gbit/s 2 GB/s
RapidIO Gen2 4x 20 Gbit/s 2.5 GB/s
Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) Dual Chann 20 Gbit/s 2.5 GB/s
Infiniband SDR 12 24 Gbit/s 3 GB/s
Infiniband EDR 1 25 Gbit/s 3.125 GB/s
Infiniband QDR 4 32 Gbit/s 4 GB/s
RapidIO Gen2 8x 40 Gbit/s 5 GB/s
40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBASE-X) 40 Gbit/s 5 GB/s
Infiniband FDR-10 41.25 Gbit/s 5.16 GB/s
Infiniband DDR 12 48 Gbit/s 6 GB/s
Infiniband FDR 4 54.54 Gbit/s 6.82 GB/s
RapidIO Gen2 16x 80 Gbit/s 10 GB/s
Infiniband QDR 12 96 Gbit/s 12 GB/s
Infiniband EDR 4 100 Gbit/s 12.5 GB/s
100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GBASE-X) 100 Gbit/s 12.5 GB/s
Infiniband FDR-10 12 123.75 Gbit/s 15.47 GB/s
Infiniband FDR 12 163.64 Gbit/s 20.45 GB/s
Infiniband EDR 12 300 Gbit/s 37.5 GB/s

 

Optical Carrier (SONET):
OC-1 51.48Mbps Optical Carrier SONET – All OC-n are 51.48*n Mbps
OC-3 155.52Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-12 622.08Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-48 2.4Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-192 9.6Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-256 13.1Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-768 40Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
T Carrier:
T1 1.544Mbps 24 DS0 channels, equivalent to 1 DS1
T1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels
T2 6.312Mbps 96 channels
T3 44.736Mbps 672 channels
T4 274.176Mbs 4032 channels
E1 2.048Mbps 30 64Kbps channels + 2 64Kbps D, aka European T1
DS0 64Kbps 1 channel, same rate in NA, Japan, and Europe
DS1 1.544Mbps 24 channels (T1)
DS1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels (T1C)
DS2 6.312Mbps 96 channels (T2)
DS3 44.736Mbps 672 channels (T3)
DS4 274.176Mbps 4032 channels (T4)
DS1 Japan 1.544Mbps 24 channels
DS2 Japan 6.312Mbps 96 channels
DS3 Japan 32.064Mbps 480 channels
DS4 Japan 97.728Mbps 1440 channels
DS5 Japan 400.352Mbps 5760 channels
DS1 Euro 2.048Mbps 30 channels + 2 D channels (E1)
DS2 Euro 8.448Mbps 120 channels + 2 D
DS3 Euro 34.368Mbps 480 channels + 2 D
DS4 Euro 139.268Mbps 1920 channels + 2 D
DS5 Euro 565.148Mbps 7680 channels + 2 D

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