Saturday, October 26, 2024

USB Speeds

Let us say as an end user you have bought a device, it has labeling like USB3.2 Gen 2 or USB3.2 Gen 1, you may be wondering what are the maximum speed supported by the device in this scenario.

The below given table lists different USB technologies with the supported speeds.


USB Technology and supported Speeds

USB Technology Maximum Speed Supported
USB2.0 Low Speed 1.5 Mbps
USB2.0 Full Speed 12 Mbps
USB2.0 High Speed 480 Mbps
USB3.2 Gen 1 X 1 5 Gbps
USB3.2 Gen 2 X 1 10 Gbps
USB3.2 Gen 2 X 2 20 Gbps
USB4 V1 40 Gbps
USB4 V2 80 Gbps