Many people are still confused between these two units. This article will help those of you who are still wondering between these two units to know and understand the differences between them.
First, basic information measurement units are often abbreviated and converted as follows:
1Byte = 8 bits
1KiB = 2^10 Bytes = 1024Bytes
1MB = 2^10 KB = 1024KB
1GB = 2^10MB = 1024MB
1TB = 2^10GB = 1024GB
1PB = 2^10 TB = 1024TB
1EB = 2^10 PB = 1024PB
1ZB = 2^10 EB = 1024EB
1YB = 2^10 ZB = 1024ZB
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Attention:
KiB stands for KiloByte
MB stands for MegaByte
GB stands for GigaByte
TB stands for TeraByte
PB stands for PetaByte
EB stands for ExaByte
ZB stands for ZettaByte
YB stands for YottaByte
If you want to study more closely, all the details about these units can be found on the Wikipedia page.
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So what is a Megabit per second?
Full English is Megabit per second, abbreviated as Mbps or Mb/s is a unit of measurement for data transmission speed. 1Mbps or 1 Mb/s (note the lowercase b) means a transmission speed of 1 Megabit per second.
What is a Megabyte per second?
Full English is: Megabyte per second, abbreviated as MBps or MB/s, is also a unit of measurement for data transmission speed. 1MBps or 1 MB/s (capital B) means a transmission speed of 1 Megabyte per second.
These two units only differ in bits or bytes, but their concepts are completely different, so it is easy to confuse.
Internet operators or speed test sites like speedtest.net often record network speed information in Mbps (Mb/s or Megabit/s), however, if you like, you can Switch back and forth on this website’s interface without much problem.
Relationship between Mb/s and MB/s:
We have: 1Byte = 8 bits
Inferred => 1MB (Megabyte) = 8 Mb (Megabit)
or 1MB/s = 8 Mb/s
From the above relationship, we can easily convert back and forth between the two units.
For example:
FPT network provides internet packages with a bandwidth of 20Mbps (or 20Mb/s). Inferred, the download speed is 20 divided by 8, which is about 2.5 MB/s. A song with a capacity of 4MB will only take you less than 2 seconds to download the song. On the contrary, if you download a video and the displayed speed is about 2MB/s, it means you are using an internet package with a bandwidth of 2 by 8 equal to about 16Mbps.
So, through this article you have learned what Mbps is, what MBps is and can distinguish between the two internet units Mbps and MBps, from here you can choose a network operator with a speed more suitable for your needs has become easier, in addition, the parameters recorded on electronic devices such as routers and switches are no longer a problem.