Data Storage converter
Convert bits, bytes and the two families that cause most of the confusion: decimal units (kB = 1000 B, what drive makers print) and binary units (KiB = 1024 B, what your operating system counts).
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24 rows| Unit | Symbol | 1 GB equals |
|---|---|---|
| Bit | b | 8,000,000,000 |
| Byte | B | 1,000,000,000 |
| Nibble | nibble | 2,000,000,000 |
| Kilobit (10³) | kb | 8,000,000 |
| Kilobyte (10³) | kB | 1,000,000 |
| Megabit (10⁶) | Mb | 8,000 |
| Megabyte (10⁶) | MB | 1,000 |
| Gigabit (10⁹) | Gb | 8 |
| Terabit (10¹²) | Tb | 0.008 |
| Terabyte (10¹²) | TB | 0.001 |
| Petabyte (10¹⁵) | PB | 1e-6 |
| Exabyte (10¹⁸) | EB | 1e-9 |
| Kibibit | Kib | 7,812,500 |
| Kibibyte | KiB | 976,562.5 |
| Mebibit | Mib | 7,629.394531 |
| Mebibyte | MiB | 953.6743164 |
| Gibibit | Gib | 7.450580597 |
| Gibibyte | GiB | 0.9313225746 |
| Tebibyte | TiB | 0.0009094947018 |
| Pebibyte | PiB | 8.881784197e-7 |
| Floppy disk (1.44 MB) | floppy | 678.1684028 |
| CD (700 MB) | CD | 1.362391881 |
| DVD (4.7 GB) | DVD | 0.2127659574 |
| Blu-ray (25 GB) | BD | 0.04 |
How the gigabyte (10⁹) to gibibyte conversion works
Multiply by 0.9313225746 to go from gigabyte (10⁹) to gibibyte:
GiB = GB × 0.9313225746
Going the other way, multiply by 1.073741824, which is the same as dividing by 0.9313225746.
Questions
How many gibibyte are in one gigabyte (10⁹)?
One gigabyte (10⁹) equals 0.9313225746 gibibyte.
Which units does this data storage converter cover?
25 units in total, all referenced to the byte. They include bit, byte, nibble, kilobit (10³), kilobyte (10³), megabit (10⁶) and more. Pick any pair from the two dropdown lists.
How precise are the results?
Every conversion is computed in your browser at double precision from the factors listed on this page, which follow the SI definitions and the exact international agreements for imperial and US customary units. Use the Decimals control to round the display without changing the underlying value.
Does anything I type leave my device?
No. The converter is plain JavaScript running locally, with no server round-trip, and the page keeps working offline once loaded.