is 1 gygbite eaternet faster then wifi

[Julian D]

is 1 gygbite eaternet faster then wifi

[bmx6454]

it's more reliable.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, Julian D said:

is 1 gygbite eaternet faster then wifi

It's faster in the sense there are fewer fluctuations since it'll be a wired connection rather than a wireless broadcast connection. 

[kirashi]

9 minutes ago, Julian D said:

is 1 gygbite eaternet faster then wifi

 

 

 

 

WiFi 6 technically supports faster transfer rates than 1gbit, however, this requires both a WiFi 6 compatible access point and a device with a WiFi 6 chipset / antenna. Additionally, due to how the laws of physics cause WiFi to never be perfect in the real world, a wired ethernet connection will continue being the more reliable option.

[Fasauceome]

22 minutes ago, Julian D said:

1 gygbite eaternet

1Gb ethernet is faster than most WiFi but also your internet connection is probably the speed limit here. I doubt you're getting a full gigabit to your house, probably close to 100Mb download and 20Mb upload.

 

Also, mind the difference between GB and Gb. Big B is Byte, small b is bit. 8 bits in a Byte, so 1GB is quite a lot larger than 1Gb.

And then there's the world of KiB, a Kibibyte! 1024 bytes, with a Gibibyte, GiB, being 1024 KiB.

 

but to simplify things, most of the time you use lowercase b when talking about data transfer speeds (SATA, WiFi, etc.) and uppercase B when talking about capacity (Hard drives, SSDs, RAM)

[Morgan MLGman]

26 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

1Gb ethernet is faster than most WiFi

Not true. Most relatively new devices use WiFi "5", called 802.11ac. It supports theoretical speeds up to 1.3Gbps. Latest WiFi 6 (802.11ax) is much faster.

36 minutes ago, kirashi said:

WiFi 6 technically supports faster transfer rates than 1gbit

WiFi 5 also supports faster transfer rates.

[Windows7ge]

Not by today's standards but if reliability is a must you can't beat a solid cable.

 

Also you could easily get wired equipment faster than Gigabit (10/40/100Gbps).

[sub68]

wasnt there a meme from bit wit that was

asus "gaming" router 250 bucks

or a long boi (ethernaet cable) 3 bucks.

[AndreiArgeanu]

42 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Not true. Most relatively new devices use WiFi "5", called 802.11ac. It supports theoretical speeds up to 1.3Gbps. Latest WiFi 6 (802.11ax) is much faster.

That is under ideal conditions, and ideal conditions are pretty unlikely. If I sit pretty close to my router I do get the full rated speed that my ISP provides but move to the next room and the speed nearly halves pretty easily, not to mention ping. So unless there is an access point or a router in the room the PC is in, getting 1.3gbps is highly unlikely, not to mention additional factors that can significantly affect speed like the quality of the WiFi card in the device. So in most scenarios an Ethernet cable will be the faster and overall better choice.