Convert Gigabits to Exabits
Convert Gigabits (Gbit) to Exabits (Ebit) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
Ebit = Gbit × 1.000000000e-9
About Gigabits
A gigabit (Gbit) = 10⁹ bits (SI). 1 Gbit/s Ethernet (1000BASE-T) is the enterprise baseline; 10/25/100/400 Gbit/s are data-centre standards. Bus speeds: PCIe 4.0 ×16 = 256 Gbit/s; Thunderbolt 4 = 40 Gbit/s; HDMI 2.1 = 48 Gbit/s. NVMe SSDs: PCIe 4 ≈ 57 Gbit/s; PCIe 5 > 112 Gbit/s. Submarine cables: 200 Gbit/s per wavelength × hundreds of wavelengths. 1 Gbit = 10⁹ bits = 125 MB.
About Exabits
An exabit (Ebit) = 10¹⁸ bits (SI). Global IP traffic ≈ 4.8 exabytes/month in 2022 = ≈38.4 Ebit/month. Netflix at peak consumes ≈15% of North American bandwidth, accumulating Ebits/year. All installed cross-Atlantic cable capacity ≈ 2,000 Tbit/s in 2024; 1 Ebit transits in ≈ 500 s at full utilisation. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will generate ≈ 7,200 Ebit/year of reduced data. 1 Ebit = 10¹⁸ bits = 125 PB.
Quick Reference Table
| Gigabits (Gbit) | Exabits (Ebit) |
|---|---|
| 1 Gbit | 1 × 10-9 Ebit |
| 2 Gbit | 2 × 10-9 Ebit |
| 5 Gbit | 5 × 10-9 Ebit |
| 10 Gbit | 1 × 10-8 Ebit |
| 25 Gbit | 2.5 × 10-8 Ebit |
| 50 Gbit | 5 × 10-8 Ebit |
| 100 Gbit | 1 × 10-7 Ebit |