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This is a list of interface bit rates, a measure of information transfer rates, or digital bandwidth capacity, at which digital interfaces in a computer or network can communicate over various kinds of buses and channels. The distinction can be arbitrary between a computer bus, often closer in space, and larger telecommunications networks. Many device interfaces or protocols (e.g., SATA, USB, SAS, PCIe) are used both inside many-device boxes, such as a PC, and one-device-boxes, such as a hard drive enclosure. Accordingly, this page lists both the internal ribbon and external communications cable standards together in one sortable table.

Factors limiting actual performance, criteria for real decisionsEdit

Most of the listed rates are theoretical maximum throughput measures; in practice, the actual effective throughput is almost inevitably lower in proportion to the load from other devices (network/bus contention), physical or temporal distances, and other overhead in data link layer protocols etc. The maximum goodput (for example, the file transfer rate) may be even lower due to higher layer protocol overhead and data packet retransmissions caused by line noise or interference such as crosstalk, or lost packets in congested intermediate network nodes. All protocols lose something, and the more robust ones that deal resiliently with very many failure situations tend to lose more maximum throughput to get higher total long-term rates.

Device interfaces where one bus transfers data via another will be limited to the throughput of the slowest interface, at best. For instance, SATA revision 3.0 (Template:Val) controllers on one PCI Express 2.0 (Template:Nowrap) channel will be limited to the Template:Nowrap rate and have to employ more channels to get around this problem. Early implementations of new protocols very often have this kind of problem. The physical phenomena on which the device relies (such as spinning platters in a hard drive) will also impose limits; for instance, no spinning platter shipping in 2009 saturates SATA revision 2.0 (Template:Nowrap), so moving from this Template:Nowrap interface to USB 3.0 at Template:Nowrap for one spinning drive will result in no increase in realized transfer rate.

Contention in a wireless or noisy spectrum, where the physical medium is entirely out of the control of those who specify the protocol, requires measures that also use up throughput. Wireless devices, BPL, and modems may produce a higher line rate or gross bit rate, due to error-correcting codes and other physical layer overhead. It is extremely common for throughput to be far less than half of theoretical maximum, though the more recent technologies (notably BPL) employ preemptive spectrum analysis to avoid this and so have much more potential to reach actual gigabit rates in practice than prior modems.

Another factor reducing throughput is deliberate policy decisions made by Internet service providers that are made for contractual, risk management, aggregation saturation, or marketing reasons. Examples are rate limiting, bandwidth throttling, and the assignment of IP addresses to groups. These practices tend to minimize the throughput available to every user, but maximize the number of users that can be supported on one backbone.

Furthermore, chips are often not available in order to implement the fastest rates. AMD, for instance, does not support the 32-bit HyperTransport interface on any CPU it has shipped as of the end of 2009. Additionally, WiMAX service providers in the US typically support only up to Template:Val as of the end of 2009.

Choosing service providers or interfaces based on theoretical maxima is unwise, especially for commercial needs. A good example is large scale data centers, which should be more concerned with price per port to support the interface, wattage and heat considerations, and total cost of the solution. Because some protocols such as SCSI and Ethernet now operate many orders of magnitude faster than when originally deployed, scalability of the interface is one major factor, as it prevents costly shifts to technologies that are not backward compatible. Underscoring this is the fact that these shifts often happen involuntarily or by surprise, especially when a vendor abandons support for a proprietary system.

ConventionsEdit

By convention, bus and network data rates are denoted either in bits per secondTemplate:SndTemplate:Nowrap, Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap)Template:Snd or bytes per secondTemplate:SndTemplate:Nowrap, Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap), Template:Nowrap (Template:Nowrap). In general, parallel interfaces are quoted in Template:Nowrap and serial in Template:Nowrap. The more commonly used is shown below in bold type.

On devices like modems, bytes may be more than 8 bits long because they may be individually padded out with additional start and stop bits; the figures below will reflect this. Where channels use line codes (such as Ethernet, Serial ATA, and PCI Express), quoted rates are for the decoded signal.

The figures below are simplex data rates, which may conflict with the duplex rates vendors sometimes use in promotional materials. Where two values are listed, the first value is the downstream rate and the second value is the upstream rate.

The use of decimal prefixes is standard in data communications.

BandwidthsEdit

The figures below are grouped by network or bus type, then sorted within each group from lowest to highest bandwidth; gray shading indicates a lack of known implementations.

As stated above, all quoted bandwidths are for each direction. Therefore, for duplex interfaces (capable of simultaneous transmission both ways), the stated values are simplex (one way) speeds, rather than total upstream+downstream.

Radio clockEdit

Time signal station to radio clock

Technology Max. rate Year
IRIG and related Template:Nowrap ~0.125 Template:Nowrap<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> 1960Template:Cn

Teletypewriter (TTY) or telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)Edit

Technology Max. rate Year
TTY (V.18) Template:Val 6 Template:Nowrap<ref>TTY uses a Baudot code, not ASCII. This uses 5 bits per character instead of 8, plus one start and approx. 1.5 stop bits (7.5 total bits per character sent).</ref> citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

TTY (V.18) Template:Val 6.6 Template:Nowrap 1994
NTSC Line 21 Closed Captioning Template:Val ~100 Template:Nowrap citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Modems (narrowband and broadband)Edit

Narrowband (POTS: 4 kHz channel)Edit

Technology Rate Rate Template:Abbr overhead Year
Morse code (skilled operator) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val (cps) (Template:Val)Template:Efn 1844
Normal human speech Template:Val<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

prehistoric
Teleprinter (50 baud) Template:Val 404 operations per minute 1940x
Modem 110 baud (Bell 101) Template:Val Template:Val (~10 cps)Template:Efn 1959
Modem 300 (300 baud; Bell 103 or V.21) Template:Val Template:Val (~30 cps)Template:Efn 1962<ref name="daxal">Template:Citation</ref>
Modem 1200/75 (600 baud; V.23) Template:Val Template:Val (~120 cps)Template:Efn 1964(?)<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
Modem 1200 (600 baud; Vadic VA3400, Bell 212A, or V.22) Template:Val Template:Val (~120 cps)Template:Efn 1976
Modem 1200 (Bell 202C, 202D) Template:Val Template:Val (~150 cps) 1976
Modem 2000 (Bell 201A) Template:Val Template:Val (~250 cps) 1962
Modem 2400 (Bell 201B) Template:Val Template:Val (~300 cps) ?
Modem 2400 (600 baud; V.22bis) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1984<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
Modem 4800/75 (1600 baud; V.27ter) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1976<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
Modem 4800 (1600 baud, Bell 208A, 208B) Template:Val Template:Val ?
Modem 9600 (2400 baud; V.32) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1984<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
Modem 14.4 (2400 baud; V.32bis) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1991<ref name="daxal" />
Modem 28.8 (3200 baud; V.34-1994) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1994
Modem 33.6 (3429 baud; V.34-1996/98) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Efn 1996<ref name="ITU_VSeries">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Modem 56k (8000/3429 baud; V.90) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val 1998
Modem 56k (8000/8000 baud; V.92) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val 2001
Modem data compression (variable; V.92/V.44) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val 2000<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
ISP-side text/image compression (variable) Template:Val Template:Val 1998<ref name="ITU_VSeries" />
ISDN Basic Rate Interface (single/dual channel) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val 1986<ref name="massey-1">Template:Citation</ref>
IDSL (dual ISDN + Template:Nowrap data channels) Template:Val Template:Val 2000<ref>Adam.com.au</ref>

Broadband (hundreds of kHz to GHz wide)Edit

Technology Rate Rate Template:Abbr overhead Year
ADSL (G.lite) Template:Val Template:Val 1998
HDSL ITU Template:Nowrap a.k.a. DS1 Template:Val Template:Val 1998<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

MSDSL Template:Val Template:Val ?
SDSL Template:Val Template:Val ?
SHDSL ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2001
ADSL (G.dmt) ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 1999
ADSL2 ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2002
ADSL2+ ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2003
DOCSIS 1.0<ref name="DOCSIS_10">DOCSIS 1.0 Template:Webarchive includes technology which first became available around 1995–1996, and has since become very widely deployed. DOCSIS 1.1 Template:Webarchive introduces some security improvements and quality of service (QoS).</ref> (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 1997
DOCSIS 2.0<ref name="DOCSIS_20">DOCSIS 2.0 Template:Webarchive specifications provide increased upstream throughput for symmetric services.</ref> (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2002
VDSL ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2001
VDSL2 ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2006
Uni-DSL Template:Val Template:Val 2006
VDSL2 ITU Template:Nowrap Amendment 1 (11/15) Template:Val Template:Val 2015
BPON (G.983) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2005<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

EPON (802.3ah) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2008
DOCSIS 3.0<ref name="DOCSIS_30">DOCSIS 3.0 Template:Webarchive includes support for channel bonding and IPv6.</ref> (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2006
G.fast ITU Template:Nowrap Template:Val Template:Val 2019
GPON (G.984) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2008<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

DOCSIS 3.1<ref name="DOCSIS_31">DOCSIS 3.1 Template:Webarchive is currently in development by the Cablelabs Consortium</ref> (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2013
10G-PON (G.987) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2012<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

DOCSIS 4.0 (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
XGS-PON (G.9807.1) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2016
NG-PON2 (G.989) (fiber optic service) Template:Val Template:Val 2015<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>

Mobile telephone interfacesEdit

Technology Download rate Upload rate Year
GSM CSD (2G) Template:ValTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HSCSD Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
GPRS (2.5G) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
WiDEN Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
CDMA2000 1×RTT Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDGE (2.75G) (type 1 MS) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val 2002
UMTS 3G Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDGE (type 2 MS) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDGE Evolution (type 1 MS) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDGE Evolution (type 2 MS) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
1×EV-DO rev. 0 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
1×EV-DO rev. A Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 1 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
1×EV-DO rev. B Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HSPA (3.5G) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
4×EV-DO Enhancements (2×2 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HSPA+ (2×2 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 2 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
15×EV-DO rev. B Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 3 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
UMB (2×2 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 4 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE (2×2 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val 2004
UMB (4×4 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EV-DO rev. C Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 5 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 6 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 7 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE (4×4 MIMO) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 13 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 9 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 10 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 11 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 12 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 16 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 18 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 21 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 20 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 8 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
LTE Cat 14 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
5G NR ? ? ? ? ?

Wide area networksEdit

Technology Rate Year
56k line Template:Val Template:Val 1990
DS0 Template:Val Template:Val
G.lite (a.k.a. ADSL Lite) Template:Val Template:Val
DS1 / T1 (and ISDN Primary Rate Interface) Template:Val Template:Val 1990
E1 (and ISDN Primary Rate Interface) Template:Val Template:Val
G.SHDSL Template:Val Template:Val
SDSLTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val
LR-VDSL2 (4 to 5 km [long-]range) (symmetry optional) Template:Val Template:Val
T2 Template:Val Template:Val
ADSLTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val
E2 Template:Val Template:Val
ADSL2 Template:Val Template:Val
Satellite InternetTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val
ADSL2+ Template:Val Template:Val
E3 Template:Val Template:Val
DOCSIS 1.0 (cable modem)<ref name="DOCSIS_10" /> Template:Val Template:Val 1997
DOCSIS 2.0 (cable modem)<ref name="DOCSIS_20" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2002
DS3 / T3 ('45 Meg') Template:Val Template:Val
STS-1 / OC-1 / STM-0 Template:Val Template:Val
VDSL (symmetry optional) Template:Val Template:Val
OC-3 / STM-1 Template:Val Template:Val
VDSL2 (symmetry optional) Template:Val Template:Val
T4 Template:Val Template:Val
T5 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-9 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-12 / STM-4 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-18 Template:Val Template:Val
DOCSIS 3.0 (cable modem)<ref name="DOCSIS_30" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2006
OC-24 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-36 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-48 / STM-16 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-96 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-192 / STM-64 Template:Val Template:Val
10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY Template:Val Template:Val
DOCSIS 3.1 (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2013
DOCSIS 4.0 (cable modem) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
OC-256 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-768 / STM-256 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-1536 / STM-512 Template:Val Template:Val
OC-3072 / STM-1024 Template:Val Template:Val

Local area networksEdit

Technology Rate Year
LocalTalk Template:Val Template:Val 1988
Econet Template:Val Template:Val 1981
Omninet Template:Val Template:Val 1980
IBM PC Network Template:Val Template:Val 1985
ARCNET (Standard) Template:Val Template:Val 1977
Chaosnet (Original) Template:Val Template:Val 1971
Token Ring (Original) Template:Val Template:Val 1985
Ethernet (10BASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 1980 (1985 IEEE Standard)
Token Ring (Later) Template:Val Template:Val 1989
ARCnet Plus Template:Val Template:Val 1992
TCNS Template:Val Template:Val 1993?
100VG Template:Val Template:Val 1995
Token Ring IEEE 802.5t Template:Val Template:Val
Fast Ethernet (100BASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 1995
FDDI Template:Val Template:Val
MoCA 1.0<ref name="MoCA">"MoCA 1.1 improves throughput" over coaxial cable to 175 Mbits/s versus the 100 Mbits/s provided by the MoCA 1.0 specification.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val
MoCA 1.1<ref name="MoCA" /> Template:Val Template:Val
HomePlug AV Template:Val Template:Val 2005
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 400Template:EfnTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 1995
MoCa 2.0 Template:Val 2016
HIPPI Template:Val Template:Val
IEEE 1901 Template:Val Template:Val 2010
Token Ring IEEE 802.5v Template:Val Template:Val 2001
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 1998
Stanford DASH/NUMAlink 1 Template:Val Template:Val ~1990
Myrinet 2000 Template:Val Template:Val
InfiniBand SDR 1×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2001, 2003
Reflective memory or RFM2 (1.25 μs latency) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
RapidIO Gen1 1× Template:Val Template:Val 2000
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GBASE-T) Template:Val Template:Val 2016
Quadrics QsNetI Template:Val Template:Val
InfiniBand DDR 1×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2005
RapidIO Gen2 1× Template:Val Template:Val 2008
5 Gigabit Ethernet (5GBASE-T) Template:Val Template:Val 2016
InfiniBand QDR 1×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
InfiniBand SDR 4×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2001, 2003
Quadrics QsNetII Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen1 4x Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen2 2x Template:Val Template:Val 2008
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2002-2006
Myri 10G Template:Val Template:Val
InfiniBand FDR-10 1×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
NUMAlink 2 Template:Val Template:Val 1996
InfiniBand FDR 1×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand SDR 8×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2001, 2003
InfiniBand DDR 4×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2005
RapidIO Gen2 4x Template:Val Template:Val 2008
Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) Dual Channel SCI, x8 PCIe Template:Val Template:Val
InfiniBand SDR 12×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen4 1× Template:Val Template:Val 2016
InfiniBand EDR 1×<ref name="infiniband64">InfiniBand FDR-10, FDR and EDR use a 64b/66b encoding scheme.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val 2014
25 Gigabit Ethernet (25GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2016
NUMAlink 3 Template:Val Template:Val 2000
InfiniBand DDR 8×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2005
InfiniBand QDR 4×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
RapidIO Gen2 8x Template:Val Template:Val 2008
40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBASE-X) 4× Template:Val Template:Val 2010
InfiniBand FDR-10 4×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand DDR 12×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2005
50 Gigabit Ethernet (50GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2016
InfiniBand HDR 1×<ref name="infinibandta-blog">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || align=right | Template:Val || align=right | Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> ||2017

NUMAlink 4 Template:Val Template:Val 2004
NUMAlink 6 Template:Val Template:Val 2012
InfiniBand FDR 4×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand QDR 8×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
RapidIO Gen2 16× Template:Val Template:Val 2008
InfiniBand FDR-10 8×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand QDR 12×<ref name="infiniband" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
InfiniBand EDR 4×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2014
100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GBASE-X) 10×/4× Template:Val Template:Val 2010/2018
Omni-Path Template:Val Template:Val 2015
InfiniBand NDR 1× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2022
NUMAlink 8 (Flex ASIC) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
InfiniBand FDR 8×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
NUMAlink 7 Template:Val Template:Val 2014
NUMAlink 5 Template:Val Template:Val 2009
InfiniBand FDR-10 12×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand FDR 12×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2011
InfiniBand EDR 8×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2014
InfiniBand HDR 4×<ref name="infinibandta-blog"/> Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2017
200 Gigabit Ethernet (200GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
InfiniBand XDR 1× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2024
InfiniBand EDR 12×<ref name="infiniband64" /> Template:Val Template:Val 2014
400 Gigabit Ethernet (400GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
InfiniBand HDR 8×<ref name="infinibandta-blog"/> Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2017
InfiniBand NDR 4× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2022
InfiniBand GDR 1× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> TBA
InfiniBand HDR 12×<ref name="infinibandta-blog"/> Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2017
InfiniBand NDR 8× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2022
InfiniBand XDR 4× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2024
800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GBASE-X) Template:Val Template:Val 2024
InfiniBand NDR 12× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2022
InfiniBand XDR 8× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2024
InfiniBand GDR 4× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> TBA
InfiniBand XDR 12× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> 2024
InfiniBand GDR 8× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> TBA
InfiniBand GDR 12× Template:Val Template:Val<ref name="infiniband64" /> TBA

Wireless networksEdit

802.11 networks in infrastructure mode are half-duplex; all stations share the medium. In infrastructure or access point mode, all traffic has to pass through an Access Point (AP). Thus, two stations on the same access point that are communicating with each other must have each and every frame transmitted twice: from the sender to the access point, then from the access point to the receiver. This approximately halves the effective bandwidth.

802.11 networks in ad hoc mode are still half-duplex, but devices communicate directly rather than through an access point. In this mode all devices must be able to see each other, instead of only having to be able to see the access point.

Standard Maximum Link Rate Year
Classic WaveLAN Template:Val Template:Val 1988
IEEE 802.11 Template:Val Template:Val 1997
RONJA (full duplex) Template:Val Template:Val 2001
IEEE 802.11a Template:Val Template:Val 1999
IEEE 802.11b Template:Val Template:Val 1999
IEEE 802.11g Template:Val Template:Val 2003
IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) Template:Val Template:Val 2004
IEEE 802.11g with
Super G
by Atheros
Template:Val Template:Val 2003
IEEE 802.11g with 125 High
Speed Mode
by Broadcom
Template:Val Template:Val 2003
IEEE 802.11g with Nitro by Conexant Template:Val Template:Val 2003
IEEE 802.11n (aka Wi-Fi 4) Template:Val Template:Val 2009
IEEE 802.11ac (aka Wi-Fi 5) Template:Val Template:Val 2012
IEEE 802.11ad Template:Val Template:Val 2011
IEEE 802.11ax (aka Wi-Fi 6/6E) Template:Val Template:Val 2019
IEEE 802.11be (aka Wi-Fi 7 or
Extremely High Throughput (EHT))
Template:Val
expected
Template:Val
expected
Late 2024
expected
IEEE 802.11bn (aka Wi-Fi 8 or
Ultra High Reliability (UHR))
Template:Val
expected
Template:Val
expected
2028
expected
IEEE 802.11ay (aka Enhanced
Throughput for Operation in License
-exempt Bands above 45 GHz)
Template:Val
expected
Template:Val
expected
March 2021
standardized

Wireless personal area networksEdit

Technology Rate Year
ANT Template:Val Template:Val
IrDA-Control Template:Val Template:Val
IrDA-SIR Template:Val Template:Val
802.15.4 (2.4 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val
Bluetooth 1.1 Template:Val Template:Val 2002
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Template:Val Template:Val 2004
IrDA-FIR Template:Val Template:Val
IrDA-VFIR Template:Val Template:Val
Bluetooth 3.0 Template:Val Template:Val 2009
Bluetooth 4.0 Template:Val Template:Val 2010
Bluetooth 5.0 Template:Val Template:Val 2016
IrDA-UFIR Template:Val Template:Val
WUSB-UWB Template:Val Template:Val
IrDA-Giga-IR Template:Val Template:Val

Computer busesEdit

Main busesEdit

Technology Rate Year
I²C Template:Val Template:Val 1992 (standardized)
Apple II (incl. Apple IIGS) 8-bit/1 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Mac History</ref><ref>VAW: Apple IIgs Specs Template:Webarchive</ref> 1977
SS-50 Bus 8-bit/1 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1975
Unibus 16-bit/async Template:Val Template:Val 1969
STD-80 8-bit/8 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
Q-bus 16-bit/async Template:Val Template:Val 1975
ISA 8-Bit/4.77 MHz 0 W/S: every 4 clocks 8 bits
1 W/S: every 5 clocks 8 bits
0 W/S: every 4 clocks 1 byte
1 W/S: every 5 clocks 1 byte
1981 (created)
STD-80 16-bit/8 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
I3C (HDR mode)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>|| align="right" |Template:Val || align=right | Template:Val || 2017

Zorro II 16-bit/7.14 MHz<ref>The Zorro II bus use 4 clocks per 16-Bit of data transferred. See the Zorro III technical specification Template:Webarchive for more information.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val 1986
ISA 16-Bit/8.33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1984 (created)
Europe Card Bus 8-Bit/10 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1977 (created)
S-100 bus 8-bit/10 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1976 (published)
Serial Peripheral Interface (Up to 100 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val 1989
Low Pin Count Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2002
STEbus 8-Bit/16 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1987 (standardized)
C-Bus 16-bit/10 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Japan wikipedia article, Bus used in early NEC PC-9800 series and compatible systems</ref> 1982
HP Precision Bus Template:Val Template:Val
STD-32 32-bit/8 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>STD 32 Bus Specification and Designer's Guide</ref>
NESA 32-bit/8 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Japan wikipedia article, Bus used in later NEC PC-9800 series and compatible systems</ref>
EISA 32-bit/8.33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1988
VME64 32-64bit Template:Val Template:Val 1981
MCA 32bit/10 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1987
NuBus 10 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1987 (standardized)
DEC TURBOchannel 32-bit/12.5 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
NuBus90 20 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1991
MCA 32bit/20 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>RISC System/6000 POWERstation/POWERserver 580</ref> 1992
APbus 32-bit/25(?) MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Local Area Networks Newsletter by Paul Polishuk, September 1992, Page 7 (APbus used in Sony NeWS and NEC UP4800 workstations and NEC EWS4800 servers after VMEbus and before switch to PCI)</ref>
Sbus 32-bit/25 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1989
DEC TURBOchannel 32-bit/25 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
Local Bus 98 32-bit/33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Japan wikipedia article, Bus used in NEC PC-9821 series</ref>
VESA Local Bus (VLB) 32-bit/33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1992
PCI 32-bit/33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1993
HP GSC-1X Template:Val Template:Val
Zorro III 32-bit/async (eq. 37.5 MHz)<ref>Dave Haynie, designer of the Zorro III bus, claims in this posting that the theoretical max of the Zorro III bus can be derived by the timing information given in chapter 5 of the Zorro III technical specification Template:Webarchive.</ref><ref>Dave Haynie, designer of the Zorro III bus, states in this posting that Zorro III is an asynchronous bus and therefore does not have a classical MHz rating. A maximum theoretical MHz value may be derived by examining timing constraints detailed in the Zorro III technical specification Template:Webarchive, which should yield about 37.5 MHz. No existing implementation performs to this level.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val<ref>Dave Haynie, designer of the Zorro III bus, claims in this posting that Zorro III has a max burst rate of 150 MB/s.</ref> 1990
VESA Local Bus (VLB) 32-bit/40 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1992
Sbus 64-bit/25 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1995
HP GSC-2X Template:Val Template:Val
PCI 64-bit/33 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1993
PCI 32-bit/66 MHz Template:Val Template:Val 1995
AGP Template:Val Template:Val 1997
PCI Express 1.0 (×1 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
RapidIO Gen1 1× Template:Val Template:Val
HIO bus Template:Val Template:Val
GIO64 64-bit/40 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
PCI Express 2.0 (×1 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2007
AGP 2× Template:Val Template:Val 1997
PCI 64-bit/66 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
PCI-X DDR 16-bit Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen2 1× Template:Val Template:Val
PCI 64-bit/100 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
PCI Express 3.0 (×1 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
Unified Media Interface (UMI) (×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
Direct Media Interface (DMI) (×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
Enterprise Southbridge Interface (ESI) Template:Val Template:Val
PCI Express 1.0 (×4 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
AGP 4× Template:Val Template:Val 1998
PCI-X 133 Template:Val Template:Val
PCI-X QDR 16-bit Template:Val Template:Val
InfiniBand single 4×<ref name="infiniband">InfiniBand SDR, DDR and QDR use an 8b/10b encoding scheme.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label
RapidIO Gen1 4× Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen2 2× Template:Val Template:Val
UPA Template:Val Template:Val
Unified Media Interface 2.0 (UMI 2.0; ×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2012
Direct Media Interface 2.0 (DMI 2.0; ×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
PCI Express 1.0 (×8 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
PCI Express 2.0 (×4 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2007
AGP 8× Template:Val Template:Val 2002
PCI-X DDR Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen2 4× Template:Val Template:Val
Sun JBus (200 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val 2003
HyperTransport (800 MHz, 16-pair) Template:Val Template:Val 2001
PCI Express 3.0 (×4 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
HyperTransport (1 GHz, 16-pair) Template:Val Template:Val
PCI Express 1.0 (×16 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
PCI Express 2.0 (×8 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2007
PCI-X QDR Template:Val Template:Val
AGP 8× 64-bit Template:Val Template:Val
RapidIO Gen2 8x Template:Val Template:Val
Direct Media Interface 3.0 (DMI 3.0; ×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2015
CXL Specification 3.0 & 3.1 (×1 link) Template:Val Template:Val 2022, 2023
PCI Express 3.0 (×8 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
PCI Express 2.0 (×16 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2007
RapidIO Gen2 16x Template:Val Template:Val
PCI Express 5.0 (×4 link) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Ref label 2019
PCI Express 3.0 (×16 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
CAPI Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2014
QPI (4.80GT/s, 2.40 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val
HyperTransport 2.0 (1.4 GHz, 32-pair) Template:Val Template:Val 2004
QPI (5.86GT/s, 2.93 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val
QPI (6.40GT/s, 3.20 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val
QPI (7.2GT/s, 3.6 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val 2012
PCI Express 6.0 (×4 link) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Ref label 2022
PCI Express 4.0 (×16 link)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Ref label 2018
CAPI 2 Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Ref label 2016
QPI (8.0GT/s, 4.0 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val 2012
QPI (9.6GT/s, 4.8 GHz) Template:Val Template:Val 2014
HyperTransport 3.0 (2.6 GHz, 32-pair) Template:Val Template:Val 2006
HyperTransport 3.1 (3.2 GHz, 32-pair) Template:Val Template:Val 2008
CXL Specification 1.x & 2.0 (×16 link) Template:Val Template:Val 2019, 2020
citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>|| align="right" |Template:Val || align=right | Template:ValTemplate:Ref label|| 2019

NVLink 1.0 Template:Val Template:Val 2016
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}}</ref> || align="right" |Template:Val || align=right | Template:ValTemplate:Ref label|| 2022

CXL Specification 3.0 & 3.1 (×16 link) Template:Val Template:Val 2022, 2023
NVLink 2.0 Template:Val Template:Val 2017
PCI Express 7.0 (×16 link) Template:Val Template:ValTemplate:Ref label 2025
Infinity Fabric (Max. theoretical) Template:Val Template:Val 2017

Template:Note label LPC protocol includes high overhead. While the gross data rate equals 33.3 million 4-bit-transfers per second (or Template:Val), the fastest transfer, firmware read, results in Template:Val. The next fastest bus cycle, 32-bit ISA-style DMA write, yields only Template:Val. Other transfers may be as low as Template:Val.<ref name="lpc-spec">Intel LPC Interface Specification 1.1</ref>

Template:Note label Uses 128b/130b encoding, meaning that about 1.54% of each transfer is used for error detection instead of carrying data between the hardware components at each end of the interface. For example, a single link PCIe 3.0 interface has an Template:Nowrap transfer rate, yet its usable bandwidth is only about Template:Nowrap.

Template:Note label Uses 8b/10b encoding, meaning that 20% of each transfer is used by the interface instead of carrying data from between the hardware components at each end of the interface. For example, a single link PCIe 1.0 has a Template:Nowrap transfer rate, yet its usable bandwidth is only Template:Nowrap (250 Template:Not a typo).

Template:Note label Uses PAM-4 encoding and a 256 bytes FLIT block, of which 14 bytes are FEC and CRC, meaning that 5.47% of total data rate is used for error detection and correction instead of carrying data. For example, a single link PCIe 6.0 interface has a Template:Nowrap total transfer rate, yet its usable bandwidth is only Template:Nowrap.

PortableEdit

Technology Rate Year
PC Card 16-bit 255 ns byte mode Template:Val Template:Val 1990
PC Card 16-bit 255 ns word mode Template:Val Template:Val
PC Card 16-bit 100 ns byte mode Template:Val Template:Val
PC Card 16-bit 100 ns word mode Template:Val Template:Val
PC Card 32-bit (CardBus) byte mode Template:Val Template:Val
ExpressCard 1.2 USB 2.0 mode Template:Val Template:Val 2003
PC Card 32-bit (CardBus) word mode Template:Val Template:Val
PC Card 32-bit (CardBus) doubleword mode Template:Val Template:Val
ExpressCard 1.2 PCI Express mode Template:Val Template:Val 2008
ExpressCard 2.0 USB 3.0 mode Template:Val Template:Val
ExpressCard 2.0 PCI Express mode Template:Val Template:Val 2009

StorageEdit

Technology Rate Year
Teletype Model 33 paper tape Template:Val Template:Val 1963
TRS-80 Model 1 Level 1 BASIC cassette tape interface Template:Val Template:Val 1977
C2N Commodore Datasette 1530 cassette tape interface Template:Val Template:Val 1977
Apple II cassette tape interface Template:Val Template:Val 1977
Amstrad CPC tape Template:Val Template:Val 1984
Single Density 8-inch FM Floppy Disk Controller (160 KB) Template:Val Template:Val 1973
Single Density 5.25-inch FM Floppy Disk Controller (180 KB) Template:Val Template:Val 1978
High Density MFM Floppy Disk Controller (1.2 MB/1.44 MB) Template:Val Template:Val 1984
CD Controller (1×) Template:Val Template:Val 1988
MFM hard disk Template:Val Template:Val 1980
RLL hard disk Template:Val Template:Val
DVD Controller (1×) Template:Val Template:Val
Massbus Template:Val Template:Val 1972
ESDI Template:Val Template:Val
ATA PIO Mode 0 Template:Val Template:Val 1986
HD DVD Controller (1×) Template:Val Template:Val
Blu-ray Controller (1×) Template:Val Template:Val
SCSI (Narrow SCSI) (5 MHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 1986
ATA PIO Mode 1 Template:Val Template:Val 1994
ATA PIO Mode 2 Template:Val Template:Val 1994
Fast SCSI (8 bits/10 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
ATA PIO Mode 3 Template:Val Template:Val 1996
AoE over Fast EthernetTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2009
iSCSI over Fast EthernetTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2004
ATA PIO Mode 4 Template:Val Template:Val 1996
Fast Wide SCSI (16 bits/10 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra SCSI (Fast-20 SCSI) (8 bits/20 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
SD (High Speed) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra DMA ATA 33 Template:Val Template:Val 1998
Ultra Wide SCSI (16 bits/20 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra-2 SCSI 40 (Fast-40 SCSI) (8 bits/40 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
SDHC/SDXC/SDUC (UHS-I Full Duplex) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra DMA ATA 66 Template:Val Template:Val 2000
Blu-ray Controller (16×) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra-2 wide SCSI (16 bits/40 MHz) Template:Val Template:Val
Serial Storage Architecture SSA Template:Val Template:Val 1990
Ultra DMA ATA 100 Template:Val Template:Val 2002
Fibre Channel 1GFC (1.0625 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 1997
AoE over gigabit Ethernet, jumbo framesTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2009
iSCSI over gigabit Ethernet, jumbo framesTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2004
Ultra DMA ATA 133 Template:Val Template:Val 2005
SDHC/SDXC/SDUC (UHS-II Full Duplex) Template:Val Template:Val
Ultra-3 SCSI (Ultra 160 SCSI; Fast-80 Wide SCSI) (16 bits/40 MHz DDR) Template:Val Template:Val
SATA revision 1.0Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2003
Fibre Channel 2GFC (2.125 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2001
Ultra-320 SCSI (Ultra4 SCSI) (16 bits/80 MHz DDR) Template:Val Template:Val
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SAS-1Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
SATA Revision 2.0Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2004
SDHC/SDXC/SDUC (UHS-III Full Duplex) Template:Val Template:Val
Fibre Channel 4GFC (4.25 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2004
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SAS-2Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2009
SATA Revision 3.0Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2008
Fibre Channel 8GFC (8.50 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2005
SDHC/SDXC/SDUC (SD Express) Template:Val Template:Val
AoE over 10GbETemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2009
iSCSI over 10GbETemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2004
FCoE over 10GbETemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2009
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SAS-3Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2013
Fibre Channel 16GFC (14.025 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2011
SATA Express Template:Val Template:Val 2013
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SAS-4 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2017
UFS (version 3.0) Template:Val Template:Val 2018
Fibre Channel 32GFC (28.05 GHz)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2016
NVMe over M.2 or U.2 (using PCI Express 3.0 ×4 link)Template:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2013
iSCSI over InfiniBand Template:Val Template:Val 2007
NVMe over M.2 or U.2 (using PCI Express 4.0 ×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val 2017
iSCSI over 100G EthernetTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2010
FCoE over 100G EthernetTemplate:Efn Template:Val Template:Val 2010
NVMe over M.2, U.2, U.3 or EDSFF (using PCI Express 5.0 ×4 link) Template:Val Template:Val 2019

Template:Note label Uses 8b/10b encoding Template:Note label Uses 64b/66b encoding Template:Note label Uses 128b/150b encoding

PeripheralEdit

Technology Rate Year
Apple Desktop Bus Template:Val Template:Val 1986
PS/2 port Template:Val Template:Val 1987
Serial MIDI Template:Val Template:Val 1983
CBM Bus maxTemplate:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> || align=right | Template:Val || align=right | Template:Val || 1981

Serial RS-232 max Template:Val Template:Val 1962
Serial DMX512A Template:Val Template:Val 1998
Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Sort
Serial 16550 UART max Template:Val Template:Val
USB 1.0 low speed Template:Val Template:Val 1996
Serial UART max Template:Val Template:Val
GPIB/HPIB (IEEE-488.1) IEEE-488 max. Template:Val Template:Val Template:Sort
Serial EIA-422 max. Template:Val Template:Val
USB 1.0 full speed Template:Val Template:Val 1996
Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Template:Val Template:Val 1992
Parallel (Centronics/IEEE 1284) ECP (Extended Capability Port) Template:Val Template:Val 1994
Serial EIA-485 max. Template:Val Template:Val
GPIB/HPIB (IEEE-488.1-2003) IEEE-488 max. Template:Val Template:Val
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 100 Template:Val Template:Val 1995
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 200 Template:Val Template:Val 1995
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 400 Template:Val Template:Val 1995
USB 2.0 high speed Template:Val Template:Val 2000
FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 800<ref name=firewireb>FireWire (IEEE 1394b) uses an 8b/10b encoding scheme.</ref> Template:Val Template:Val 2002
Fibre Channel 1 Gb SCSI Template:Val Template:Val
FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 1600<ref name=firewireb /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
Fibre Channel 2 Gb SCSI Template:Val Template:Val
eSATA (SATA 300) Template:Val Template:Val 2004
CoaXPress Base (up and down bidirectional link) Template:Val + Template:Val Template:Val 2009
FireWire (IEEE 1394b) 3200<ref name=firewireb /> Template:Val Template:Val 2007
External PCI Express 2.0 ×1 Template:Val Template:Val
Fibre Channel 4 Gb SCSI Template:Val Template:Val
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (aka USB
3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.2 Gen 1x1)
Template:Val Template:Val 2010
eSATA (SATA 600) Template:Val Template:Val 2011
CoaXPress full (up and down bidirectional link) Template:Val + Template:Val Template:Val 2009
External PCI Express 2.0 ×2 Template:Val Template:Val
USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ (aka USB 3.1 Gen 2, USB
3.2 Gen 1x2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x1, USB4 Gen 2×1)
Template:Val Template:Val 2013
External PCI Express 2.0 ×4 Template:Val Template:Val
Thunderbolt Template:Sort Template:Sort 2011
USB 3.2 SuperSpeed+ (aka USB 3.2 Gen
2×2 USB4 Gen 2×2, USB4 Gen 3×1)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Val Template:Val 2017
Thunderbolt 2 Template:Val Template:Val 2013
FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>|| align="right" |28 Gbit/s || align=right | 3.5 GB/s || 2019

External PCI Express 2.0 ×8 Template:Val Template:Val
USB4 Gen 3×2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>|| align="right" |Template:Val || align=right | Template:Val || 2019

Thunderbolt 3 two links Template:Val Template:Val 2015
Thunderbolt 4 Template:Val Template:Val 2020
External PCI Express 2.0 ×16 Template:Val Template:Val
USB4 Gen 4 <ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Template:Val Template:Val 2022
Thunderbolt 5 Template:Val Template:Val 2024
USB4 Gen 4 Asymmetric Template:Val Template:Val 2022
Thunderbolt 5 Asymmetric Template:Val Template:Val 2024

MAC to PHYEdit

Technology Channels Bits MGT Lanes Rate Year
Count Encoding Rate
Media Independent Interface (MII) 1 4 Template:Val Template:Val
Reduced MII (RMII) 1 2 Template:Val Template:Val
Serial MII (SMII) 1 1 Template:Val Template:Val
Gigabit MII (GMII) 1 8 Template:Val Template:Val
Reduced gigabit/s MII (RGMII) 1 4 Template:Val Template:Val
Ten-bit interface (TBI) 1 10 Template:Val Template:Val
Serial gigabit/s MII (SGMII) 1 1 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
Reduced serial gigabit/s MII (RSGMII) 2 1 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
Reduced serial gigabit/s MII plus (RSGMII-PLUS) 4 1 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
Quad serial gigabit/s MII (QSGMII) 4 1 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
10 gigabit/s MII (XGMII) 1 32 Template:Val Template:Val
XGMII attachment unit interface (XAUI) 1 4 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
Reduced Pin XAUI (RXAUI) 1 2 8b/10b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
XFI/SFI 1 1 64b/66b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
USXGMII 1 1 64b/66b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
25 gigabit/s MII (25GMII, on-chip only) 1 Template:Val Template:Val
25G AUI (25GAUI) 1 1 64b/66b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
40 gigabit/s MII (XLGMII, on-chip only) 1 Template:Val Template:Val
100 gigabit/s MII (CGMII, on-chip only) 1 Template:Val Template:Val 2008
100G AUI (CAUI-10) 1 10 64b/66b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
100G AUI (CAUI-4) 1 4 64b/66b Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val

PHY to XPDREdit

Technology Rate Year
10 gigabit/s 16-bit interface (XSBI; 16 lanes) Template:Val Template:Val

Dynamic random-access memoryEdit

The table below shows values for PC memory module types. These modules usually combine multiple chips on one circuit board. SIMM modules connect to the computer via an 8-bit- or 32-bit-wide interface. RIMM modules used by RDRAM are 16-bit- or 32-bit-wide.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> DIMM modules connect to the computer via a 64-bit-wide interface. Some other computer architectures use different modules with a different bus width.

In a single-channel configuration, only one module at a time can transfer information to the CPU. In multi-channel configurations, multiple modules can transfer information to the CPU at the same time, in parallel. FPM, EDO, SDR, and RDRAM memory was not commonly installed in a dual-channel configuration. DDR and DDR2 memory is usually installed in single- or dual-channel configuration. DDR3 memory is installed in single-, dual-, tri-, and quad-channel configurations. Bit rates of multi-channel configurations are the product of the module bit-rate (given below) and the number of channels.

Module type Chip type Internal clockTemplate:Ref label Bus clock Bus speedTemplate:Ref label Transfer rate
FPM DRAM 70 ns tRAC Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDO DRAM (486 CPU) 60 ns tRAC Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
EDO DRAM (Pentium CPU) 60 ns tRAC Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-66 SDR SDRAM 10/15 ns Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-100 SDR SDRAM 8 ns Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-133 SDR SDRAM 7/7.5 ns Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
RIMM-1200 RDRAM PC600 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
RIMM-1400 RDRAM PC700 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
RIMM-1600 RDRAM PC800 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-1600 DDR SDRAM DDR-200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
RIMM-2100 RDRAM PC1066 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-2100 DDR SDRAM DDR-266 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
RIMM-2400 RDRAM PC1200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-2700 DDR SDRAM DDR-333 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-3200 DDR SDRAM DDR-400 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-400 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-3500 DDR SDRAM DDR-433 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-3700 DDR SDRAM DDR-466 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-4000 DDR SDRAM DDR-500 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-4200 DDR SDRAM DDR-533 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-533 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-4400 DDR SDRAM DDR-550 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC-4800 DDR SDRAM DDR-600 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-667 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-6000 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-750 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-800 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-6400 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-800 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-7200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-900 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-8000 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1000 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-8500 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1066 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1066 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-8800 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1100 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-9200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1150 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-9600 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC2-10000 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2-1250 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1333 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-11000 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1375 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1600 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-13000 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1625 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-14400 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1800 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-14900 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1866 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-16000 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-2000 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-17000 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-2133 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC4-17000 DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-2133 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-17600 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-2200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-19200 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-2400 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-2400 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-21300 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-2666 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC4-21300 DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-2666 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC3-24000 DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-3000 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC4-24000 DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-3000 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC4-25600 DDR4 SDRAM DDR4-3200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-41600 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-5200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-44800 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-5600 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-51200 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-6400 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-57600 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-7200 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-64000 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-8000 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
PC5-70400 DDR5 SDRAM DDR5-8800 Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val

Template:Note label The clock rate at which DRAM memory cells operate. The memory latency is largely determined by this rate. Note that until the introduction of DDR4 the internal clock rate saw relatively slow progress. DDR/DDR2/DDR3 memory uses 2n/4n/8n (respectively) prefetch buffer to provide higher throughput, while the internal memory speed remains similar to that of the previous generation.

Template:Note label The memory speed or clock rate advertised by manufactures and suppliers usually refers to this rate (with 1 GT/s = 1 GHz). Note that modern types of memory use DDR bus with two transfers per clock.

Graphics processing units' RAMEdit

RAM memory modules are also utilised by graphics processing units; however, memory modules for those differ somewhat from standard computer memory, particularly with lower power requirements, and are specialised to serve GPUs: for example, GDDR3 was fundamentally based on DDR2. Every graphics memory chip is directly connected to the GPU (point-to-point). The total GPU memory bus width varies with the number of memory chips and the number of lanes per chip. For example, GDDR5 specifies either 16 or 32 lanes per device (chip), while GDDR5X specifies 64 lanes per chip. Over the years, bus widths rose from 64-bit to 512-bit and beyond: e.g. HBM is 1024 bits wide.<ref>Comparison of AMD graphics processing units</ref> Because of this variability, graphics memory speeds are sometimes compared per pin. For direct comparison to the values for 64-bit modules shown above, video RAM is compared here in 64-lane lots, corresponding to two chips for those devices with 32-bit widths. In 2012, high-end GPUs used 8 or even 12 chips with 32 lanes each, for a total memory bus width of 256 or 384 bits. Combined with a transfer rate per pin of 5 GT/s or more, such cards could reach 240 GB/s or more.

RAM frequencies used for a given chip technology vary greatly. Where single values are given below, they are examples from high-end cards.<ref>Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units</ref> Since many cards have more than one pair of chips, the total bandwidth is correspondingly higher. For example, high-end cards often have eight chips, each 32 bits wide, so the total bandwidth for such cards is four times the value given below.

Chip type Module type Memory clock Transfers/s Bandwidth
DDR 64 lanes Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
DDR2 64 lanes Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
GDDR3 64 lanes Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
GDDR4 64 lanes Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
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64 lanes Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HBM<ref name="HBM2_anand">Template:Cite news</ref> 1024 lanes (8 channels @ 128 lanes ea) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HBM2<ref name="HBM2_anand" /> 1024 lanes (8 channels @ 128 lanes ea) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HBM2e<ref name="hbm2e_toms">Template:Cite news</ref> 1024 lanes (8 channels @ 128 lanes ea) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HBM3<ref name="hbm2e_toms" /><ref name="hbm3_next">Template:Cite news</ref> 1024 lanes (16 channels @ 64 lanes ea) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
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HMC 128 lanes (8 links @ 16 lanes ea) (internal) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val
HMC2 64 lanes (4 links @ 16 lanes ea) (internal) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Val

Digital audioEdit

Device Rate
CD Audio (16-bit PCM) Template:Val Template:Val
I²S Template:Val @ 24bit/48 kHz Template:Val
AES/EBU Template:Val @ 24-bit/48 kHz Template:Val
S/PDIF fs 48kHz Template:Val Template:Val
ADAT Lightpipe (Type I) Template:Val 1.152 Template:Not a typo
AC'97 Template:Val Template:Val
HDMI Template:Val Template:Val
DisplayPort Template:Val Template:Val
Intel High Definition Audio rev. 1.0<ref name="hda1">High Definition Audio Specification, Revision 1.0a, 2010</ref> Template:Val outbound; Template:Nowrap inbound Template:Val outbound; 3 Template:Not a typo inbound
MADI Template:Val Template:Val

Digital video interconnectsEdit

Data rates given are from the video source (e.g., video card) to receiving device (e.g., monitor) only. Out of band and reverse signaling channels are not included.

Device Rate Year
HD-SDI (SMPTE 292M) Template:Val Template:Val
Camera Link Base (single) 24-bit 85 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
LVDS Display Interface<ref name="LDI">Videsignline.com, Panel display interfaces and bandwidth: From TTL, LVDS, TDMS to DisplayPort</ref> Template:Val Template:Val
3G-SDI (SMPTE 424M) Template:Val Template:Val 2006
Single link DVI Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 1999
HDMI 1.0<ref name="HDMI1.0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> ||align=right| Template:Val ||align=right| Template:Val Template:Ref label || 2002

Camera Link full (dual) 64-bit 85 MHz Template:Val Template:Val
6G-SDI (SMPTE 2081) Template:Val Template:Val 2015
DisplayPort 1.0 (4-lane Reduced Bit Rate)<ref name="displayport">Displayport Technical Overview Template:Webarchive, May 2010</ref> Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2006
Dual link DVI Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 1999
Thunderbolt Template:Sort Template:Sort 2011
HDMI 1.3<ref name="HDMI1.3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> ||align=right| Template:Val ||align=right| Template:Val Template:Ref label || 2006

Dual High-Speed LVDS Display Interface Template:Val Template:Val
DisplayPort 1.0 (4-lane High Bit Rate)<ref name="displayport"/> Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2006
12G-SDI (SMPTE 2082) Template:Val Template:Val 2015
HDMI 2.0<ref name="HDMI2.0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> ||align=right| Template:Val ||align=right| Template:Val Template:Ref label || 2013

Thunderbolt 2 Template:Val Template:Val 2013
DisplayPort 1.2 (4-lane High Bit Rate 2)<ref name="displayport"/> Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2009
DisplayPort 1.3 (4-lane High Bit Rate 3) Template:Val Template:Val Template:Ref label 2014 (2016)
DisplayPort 1.4/1.4a Template:Val Template:Val 2016 (2018)
superMHL Template:Val Template:Val 2015
Thunderbolt 3 Template:Val Template:Val 2015
HDMI 2.1<ref name="HDMI2.1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> ||align=right| Template:Val ||align=right| Template:Val Template:Ref label || 2017

DisplayPort 2.0/2.1 (4-lane)<ref name="DisplayPort2.1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref>||align=right| Template:Val ||align=right| Template:Val Template:Ref label || 2019 (2022)

SMPTE 2110 over 100 Gigabit Ethernet Template:Val Template:Val 2017

Template:Note label Uses 8b/10b encoding (20% coding overhead) Template:Note label Uses 16b/18b encoding (11% overhead) Template:Note label Uses 128b/132b encoding (3% overhead)

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