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ProRes Data Rates Cheat Sheet

Apple’s own target data rates for every ProRes flavor at HD, 2K, UHD and DCI 4K, with hours per terabyte, so you can size cards, drives and backups before the shoot.

1 page. Every figure checked against its source on October 17, 2026.

What’s on the sheet

Apple's target data rates for ProRes 422 Proxy, LT, 422, HQ, 4444 and 4444 XQ at 1920 × 1080, 2048 × 1080, 3840 × 2160 and 4096 × 2160
Five frame rates per size: 24p (23.976), 25p, 30p (29.97), 50p and 60p (59.94)
Hours of recording per terabyte for the formats people shoot and edit most
The conversions: Mb/s to GB per hour, MB/s and TB for a shoot

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Apple ProRes target data ratesVideo only, 4:4:4 flavors without alpha. Mb/s = megabits per second; GB/h = gigabytes (10⁹ bytes) per hour.

		ProRes 422 Proxy		ProRes 422 LT		ProRes 422		ProRes 422 HQ		ProRes 4444		ProRes 4444 XQ
Size	Rate	Mb/s	GB/h	Mb/s	GB/h	Mb/s	GB/h	Mb/s	GB/h	Mb/s	GB/h	Mb/s	GB/h
1920 × 1080	24p	36	16	82	37	117	53	176	79	264	119	396	178
	25p	38	17	85	38	122	55	184	83	275	124	413	186
	30p	45	20	102	46	147	66	220	99	330	148	495	223
	50p	76	34	170	77	245	110	367	165	551	248	826	372
	60p	91	41	204	92	293	132	440	198	660	297	990	445
2048 × 1080	24p	41	19	93	42	134	60	201	91	302	136	453	204
	25p	43	19	97	44	140	63	210	94	315	142	472	212
	30p	52	23	116	52	168	75	251	113	377	170	566	255
	50p	86	39	194	87	280	126	419	189	629	283	944	425
	60p	103	46	232	104	335	151	503	226	754	339	1,131	509
3840 × 2160	24p	145	65	328	148	471	212	707	318	1,061	477	1,591	716
	25p	151	68	342	154	492	221	737	332	1,106	498	1,659	746
	30p	182	82	410	185	589	265	884	398	1,326	597	1,989	895
	50p	303	136	684	308	983	442	1,475	664	2,212	995	3,318	1,493
	60p	363	163	821	369	1,178	530	1,768	795	2,652	1,193	3,977	1,790
4096 × 2160	24p	155	70	350	157	503	226	754	339	1,131	509	1,697	764
	25p	162	73	365	164	524	236	786	354	1,180	531	1,769	796
	30p	194	87	437	197	629	283	943	424	1,414	636	2,121	955
	50p	323	145	730	328	1,049	472	1,573	708	2,359	1,062	3,539	1,593
	60p	388	174	875	394	1,257	566	1,886	848	2,828	1,273	4,242	1,909

24p, 30p and 60p rows are for 23.976, 29.97 and 59.94 as well. At 1920 × 1080 only, Apple lists 50i and 60i with 25p and 30p. GB/h is Apple’s figure, from the unrounded rate, so Mb/s × 0.45 can differ by 1. ProRes is variable bit rate: no frame goes more than about 10% over its target size.

Sources

Checked on October 17, 2026. Spot an error or a newer version? Email support@cinemath.app.

Apple ProRes White Paper, April 2022, Appendix: Target Data Rates (pp. 19–20)

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