diff --git a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/cluster_collector.go b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/cluster_collector.go
index 69a904844..df467ede3 100644
--- a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/cluster_collector.go
+++ b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/cluster_collector.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (dm *destinationsMetrics) updateDestinationMetricsByExporter(dp pmetric.Num
 
 	// From this point on, we are updating the existing destination metrics
 	var throughputPtr *int64
-	var dataSentInInterval int64
+	var dataSentInInterval float64
 	dtm := currentVal.clusterCollectorsTraffic[clusterCollectorID]
 
 	// the metric data in 'dp' represent the number of spans/metrics/logs sent by the exporter
@@ -208,20 +208,20 @@ func (dm *destinationsMetrics) updateDestinationMetricsByExporter(dp pmetric.Num
 	case exporterSentSpansMetricName:
 		throughputPtr = &dtm.tracesThroughput
 		spansInInterval := int64(dp.DoubleValue()) - dtm.sentSpans
-		dataSentInInterval = int64(float64(spansInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgSpanSize())
-		dtm.tracesDataSent += dataSentInInterval
+		dataSentInInterval = float64(spansInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgSpanSize()
+		dtm.tracesDataSent += int64(dataSentInInterval)
 		dtm.sentSpans = int64(dp.DoubleValue())
 	case exporterSentMetricsMetricName:
 		throughputPtr = &dtm.metricsThroughput
 		metricsInInterval := int64(dp.DoubleValue()) - dtm.sentMetrics
-		dataSentInInterval = int64(float64(metricsInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgMetricSize())
-		dtm.metricsDataSent += dataSentInInterval
+		dataSentInInterval = float64(metricsInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgMetricSize()
+		dtm.metricsDataSent += int64(dataSentInInterval)
 		dtm.sentMetrics = int64(dp.DoubleValue())
 	case exporterSentLogsMetricName:
 		throughputPtr = &dtm.logsThroughput
 		logsInInterval := int64(dp.DoubleValue()) - dtm.sentLogs
-		dataSentInInterval = int64(float64(logsInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgLogSize())
-		dtm.logsDataSent += dataSentInInterval
+		dataSentInInterval = float64(logsInInterval) * dm.avgCalculator.lastCalculatedAvgLogSize()
+		dtm.logsDataSent += int64(dataSentInInterval)
 		dtm.sentLogs = int64(dp.DoubleValue())
 	}
 
@@ -235,14 +235,7 @@ func (dm *destinationsMetrics) updateDestinationMetricsByExporter(dp pmetric.Num
 		return
 	}
 
-	timeDiff := newTime.Sub(oldTime).Seconds()
-
-	var throughput int64
-	// calculate throughput only if the new value is greater than the old value and the time difference is positive
-	// otherwise, the throughput is set to 0
-	if dataSentInInterval > 0 && timeDiff > 0 {
-		throughput = (dataSentInInterval) / int64(timeDiff)
-	}
+	throughput := calculateThroughput(dataSentInInterval, newTime, oldTime)
 
 	*throughputPtr = throughput
 }
diff --git a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/node_collector.go b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/node_collector.go
index 61d6e2fa2..49e6623ee 100644
--- a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/node_collector.go
+++ b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/node_collector.go
@@ -95,14 +95,7 @@ func (sm *sourcesMetrics) updateSourceMetrics(dp pmetric.NumberDataPoint, metric
 		return
 	}
 
-	timeDiff := newTime.Sub(oldTime).Seconds()
-
-	var throughput int64
-	// calculate throughput only if the new value is greater than the old value and the time difference is positive
-	// otherwise, the throughput is set to 0
-	if newVal > oldVal && timeDiff > 0 {
-		throughput = (newVal - oldVal) / int64(timeDiff)
-	}
+	throughput := calculateThroughput(float64(newVal-oldVal), newTime, oldTime)
 
 	*throughputPtr = throughput
 }
diff --git a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils.go b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..495b03690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package collectormetrics
+
+import "time"
+
+func calculateThroughput(diff float64, currentTime, prevTime time.Time) int64 {
+	elapsed := currentTime.Sub(prevTime).Seconds()
+
+	var throughput int64
+	if diff > 0 && elapsed > 0 {
+		throughput = int64(diff / elapsed)
+	}
+
+	return throughput
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils_test.go b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f360d602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/endpoints/collector_metrics/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package collectormetrics
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestCalculateThroughput(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		diff float64
+		currentTime time.Time
+		prevTime time.Time
+		want int64
+	}{
+		{name: "no diff and no time change", diff: 0, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now(), want: 0},
+		{name: "diff of 1 in 1 second", diff: 1, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Second), want: 1},
+		{name: "diff of 1 in 2 seconds", diff: 1, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Second), want: 0},
+		{name: "diff of 0 in 1 second", diff: 0, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Second), want: 0},
+		{name: "diff of 100 in 10 seconds", diff: 100, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Second), want: 10},
+		{name: "diff of 100 in 0.1 seconds", diff: 100, currentTime: time.Now(), prevTime: time.Now().Add(-100 * time.Millisecond), want: 1000},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := calculateThroughput(c.diff, c.currentTime, c.prevTime)
+			if got != c.want {
+				t.Errorf("calculateThroughput(%f, %v, %v) = %d, want %d", c.diff, c.currentTime, c.prevTime, got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+}
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