MbpsToGbps

What is playing right now

Count every screen that could be running at the same moment.

Headroom

Netflix

  • SD (480p)1 Mbps
    0
  • HD (1080p)5 Mbps
    0
  • 4K HDR15 Mbps
    1

YouTube

  • 480p1.1 Mbps
    0
  • 1080p5 Mbps
    1
  • 4K20 Mbps
    0
  • 8K50 Mbps
    0

Disney+

  • HD (1080p)5 Mbps
    0
  • 4K UHD25 Mbps
    0

Prime Video

  • HD (1080p)5 Mbps
    0
  • 4K UHD15 Mbps
    0

Twitch

  • 720p603.5 Mbps
    0
  • 1080p606 Mbps
    0

Spotify

  • Very high (320 kbps)0.32 Mbps
    0

Zoom

  • 1080p call3.8 Mbps
    1
  • Group call (HD)4 Mbps
    0

Google Meet

  • HD call3.2 Mbps
    0

Cloud gaming

  • 1080p6015 Mbps
    0
  • 4K6035 Mbps
    0

Bandwidth needed

29.8Mbps

3 simultaneous streams totalling 23.8 Mbps, plus 25% headroom.

Plan to buy

100 Mbps

Next tier up

In megabytes

3.7 MB/s

Combined throughput

Data per hour

10.7 GB

Everything running at once

Heaviest stream

15.0 Mbps

Sets the minimum on its own

Everything you have selected.
StreamCountEachTotal
Netflix - 4K HDR115.00 Mbps15.00 Mbps
YouTube - 1080p15.00 Mbps5.00 Mbps
Zoom - 1080p call13.80 Mbps3.80 Mbps

Buffering is not always a bandwidth problem

Streaming services adapt: they drop resolution rather than stop, so a picture that softens during a busy evening is a capacity signal. If the total above sits close to your plan, the fix is either more bandwidth or fewer simultaneous 4K streams.