Performance Dashboard

Every generation, side by side

Speed and latency figures span six orders of magnitude between 2G and 6G, so each chart below uses a logarithmic scale. Pick a metric to compare.

The 6G row shows illustrative research estimates, not measured real-world performance. Other real-world figures are representative comparisons and vary by network, location, spectrum, device, and load.

2G 384 Kbps

3G 42 Mbps

4G 1.0 Gbps

5G 20 Gbps

6G 200 Gbps

Full Metric Table

Generation	Peak Down	Real Down	Latency	Density	Spectrum
2G	384 Kbps	100 Kbps	600 ms	1K / km²	850 MHz – 2 GHz
3G	42 Mbps	3.0 Mbps	120 ms	5K / km²	850 MHz – 2 GHz
4G	1.0 Gbps	30 Mbps	50 ms	100K / km²	700 MHz – 3 GHz
5G	20 Gbps	200 Mbps	10 ms	1M / km²	600 MHz – 71 GHz
6G	200 Gbps	500 Mbps	500 μs	10M / km²	600 MHz – 300 GHz