Difference between IPv4 and IPv6

Characteristics	IPv4	IPv6
Deployed	1981	1999
Address Size	It uses 32 bit addresses	It uses 128 bit addresses.
Address Format	Dotted Decimal Notation: 192.168.1.1	Hexadecimal Notation: FFFE:F200:3204:0B00: 0122:4555:8001:AB00
Prefix Notation	192.168.1.1/24	2FFE:0200:6234::/48
Number of Addresses	232= ~4,294,967,296	2128 = ~340,282,366, 920,938,463,463,374, 607,431,768,211,456
Compatibility	It is less compatible to mobile networks.	It is much compatible to mobile networks.
Uses	It is used in 99% of the networks.	It is used only in remaining 1% of networks.

Difference Between MAC and IP address

Parameter	MAC Address	IP Address
Acronym for	media access control address	Internet Protocol Address
Used for	It is a unique identifier that is assigned to network interfaces for communicating on the physical network segments.	It is a numerical value that is assigned to all the participating devices in a network. i.e. Servers, Computers, Printers, WAP, Laptops etc.
Provided BY	It is generally provided by the manufacturer of the NIC cards and is stored in its hardware.	It is provided by the ISP (Internet Service Provider) or by the Network Administrator.
Length	It is 48 bit address which contains 6 groups of 2 hexadecimal digits, separated by either hyphens (-) or colons (:) E.g. 00:FF:FF:AB:BB:AA Or 00-FF-FF-AB-BB-AA	IPv4 uses 32 bit address in dotted notations, whereas IPv6 Uses 128 bit address in hexadecimal notations. e.g. IPv4      192.168.1.1 IPv6    FFFE:F200:3204:0B00: 0122:4555:8001:AB00