Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe - PCI-e)
  • is a high-speed serialcomputerexpansion bus standard
  • designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards
  • see physical PCIe slots

PCIe - Performance

PCIe
Version

Year
Introduced

Line 
Code

Transfer 
Rate

PCIe Physical Slot Width’s Lane Throughput

×1

×2

×4

×8

×16

×32

1.0

2003

8b/10b

2.5 GT/s

0.25GB/s

0.50GB/s

1GB/s

2GB/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

2.0

2007

8b/10b

5.0 GT/s

0.5GB/s

1GB/s

2GB/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

3.0

2010

128b/130b

8.0 GT/s

1GB/s

2GB/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

32GB/s

3.1

2014

128b/130b

8.0 GT/s

1GB/s

2GB/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

32GB/s

4.0

2017

128b/130b

16.0 GT/s

2GB/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

32GB/s

64GB/s

5.0

2019

128b/130b

32.0 GT/s

4GB/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

32GB/s

64GB/s

128GB/s

6.0

2021

128b/130b

64.0 GT/s

8GB/s

16GB/s

32GB/s

64GB/s

128GB/s

256GB/s

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