5G NR Throughput Calculator

100% Accurate - 3GPP TS 38.306 Compliant
TS 38.306 TS 38.104 TS 38.211
๐Ÿ“Š Calculator
๐Ÿ“ 3GPP Formula
๐Ÿ“‹ PRB Table

๐Ÿ“ก Channel Configuration

Frequency Range
Subcarrier Spacing (SCS)
Channel Bandwidth
38 PRBs
Duplex Mode
TDD Slot Pattern
Carrier Aggregation (J)

๐Ÿ“ถ MIMO & Modulation

โฌ‡๏ธ Downlink
MIMO Layers (v)
Modulation (Qm)
โฌ†๏ธ Uplink
MIMO Layers (v)
Modulation (Qm)
Scaling Factor (f)
Downlink Peak
483.3
Mbps
Uplink Peak
59.7
Mbps
Total (DL+UL) 543.0 Mbps

3GPP TS 38.306 - Max Data Rate Formula

Data Rate (Mbps) = [v ร— Qm ร— f ร— Rmax ร— NRB ร— 12 ร— 14 ร— (2ฮผ ร— 1000) ร— (1โˆ’OH)] / 106

Parameters

ParameterDescription
vlayersMIMO layers (max 8 DL, 4 UL)
QmModulation order (2/4/6/8/10)
fScaling factor (1/0.8/0.75/0.4)
Rmax948/1024 = 0.92578125
NRBPRBs per 3GPP TS 38.104
12Subcarriers per RB
14Symbols per slot (normal CP)
ฮผNumerology = log2(SCS/15)
OHOverhead (DL: 14%/18%, UL: 8%/10%)

Overhead & Timing

DirectionFR1FR2
DL14%18%
UL8%10%

Slots per Second

SCSฮผSlots/sec
15 kHz01,000
30 kHz12,000
60 kHz24,000
120 kHz38,000
Example: 100 MHz, 30 kHz SCS, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM, TDD DDDSU (70% DL)
DL = 4 ร— 8 ร— 1 ร— 0.9258 ร— 273 ร— 12 ร— 14 ร— 2000 ร— 0.86 ร— 0.7 / 106 = ~1,647 Mbps (1.65 Gbps)

3GPP TS 38.104 - PRB Tables

FR1 (Sub-6 GHz)

SCS51015202530405060708090100
15 kHz255279106133160216270N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
30 kHz112438516578106133162189217245273
60 kHzN/A111824313851657993107121135

FR2 (mmWave)

SCS50 MHz100 MHz200 MHz400 MHz
60 kHz66132264N/A
120 kHz3266132264
3GPP TS 38.306 | TS 38.104 | TS 38.211