Speed of Serial (RS-232, DB9)
115 Kbps
Speed of 802.11b Wi-Fi
11 Mbps
Speed of 802.11g Wi-Fi
54 Mbps
Speed of 802.11a Wi-Fi
54 Mbps
Speed of Satellite Internet
25–100 Mbps (download)
Speed of Wireless ISP (WISP)
5–100 Mbps
Speed of DSL Internet
1–100 Mbps
Speed of Cat 5 Ethernet
100 Mbps
Speed of USB 2.0
480 Mbps
Speed of Cellular (4G/5G)
10 Mbps – 1 Gbps
Speed of Cable Internet
25 Mbps – 1 Gbps
Speed of 1000BASE-T / SX / LX / CX (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 Gbps
Speed of SATA 1.0
1.5 Gbps
Speed of SATA 2.0
3 Gbps
Speed of SATA 3.0
6 Gbps
Speed of USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen 1
5 Gbps
Speed of 802.11ac Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 5)
6.93 Gbps
Speed of 802.11ax Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6/6E)
9.6 Gbps
Speed of Optical Fiber Internet (Fastest Wired Internet)
100 Mbps – 10 Gbps
Speed of USB 3.1 Gen 2
10 Gbps
Speed of USB-C
10–40 Gbps
Speed of Thunderbolt 1
10 Gbps
Speed of Cat 6 Ethernet (10GBASE-T)
10 Gbps
Speed of Coaxial Cable
10 Gbps
Speed of RJ45 (Ethernet connector)
10 Gbps
Speed of Thunderbolt 2
20 Gbps
Speed of USB 3.2
20 Gbps
Speed of NVMe PCIe 3.0
32 Gbps
Speed of Thunderbolt 3 / 4
40 Gbps
Speed of NVMe PCIe 4.0
64 Gbps
Speed of Optical Fiber Wire (High-End Infrastructure)
500+ Gbps
Max distance of Cat 6 (@10 Gbps)
55m
Max distance of Cat 5
100m
Max distance of Cat 6 (@1 Gbps)
100m
Max distance of Cat 6a
100m
Max distance of Coaxial Cable
500m
Max distance of Optical Fiber
100km