Check this link http://www.ehow.com/how_5070951_calculate-throughput.html . I think it answers half of your question.
TCP and UDP are both using the IP layer and will both have the same network available to them. Depending on the protocol you use you could get more throughput via UDP. This would require you to write a protocol to transfer data that was more aggressive than TCP or discard data without having to resend it.
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