DVD Transfer rates

Read and write speeds for the first DVD drives and players were of 1,385 kB/s (1,353 KiB/s); this speed is usually called "1×". More recent models, at 18× or 20×, have 18 or 20 times that speed. Note that for CD drives, 1× means 153.6 kB/s (150 KiB/s), about one-ninth as swift.^[28][30]

DVD drive speeds

Drive speed	Data rate		~Write time (minutes)[31]
	Mbit/s	MB/s	Single-Layer	Dual-Layer
1×	11.08	1.39	57	103
2×	22.16	2.77	28	51
2.4×	26.59	3.32	24	43
2.6×	28.81	3.60	22	40
4×	44.32	5.54	14	26
6×	66.48	8.31	9	17
8×	88.64	11.08	7	13
10×	110.80	13.85	6	10
12×	132.96	16.62	5	9
16×	177.28	22.16	4	6
18×	199.44	24.93	3	6
20×	221.60	27.70	3	5
22×	243.76	30.47	3	5
24×	265.92	33.24	2	4