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Convert Gibibytes to Bytes

1 gibibyte is 1,073,741,824 B. One gibibyte is exactly 1073741824 bytes.

One gibibyte is 1073741824 bytes. To convert gibibytes to bytes, multiply by 1073741824; to go the other way, divide by 1073741824 or multiply by 9.3132 × 10^-10. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from IEC 80000-13. Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes.

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Bytes
1,073,741,824 B
Gibibytes × 1073741824
value * 10737418241,073,741,824 B

1 gibibyte in every data unit

UnitValueExact factor
bytes1,073,741,824 B× 1,073,741,824
kilobytes1,073,741.824 kB× 1,073,741.824
megabytes1,073.741824 MB× 1,073.741824
gigabytes1.073741824 GB× 1.073741824
terabytes0.001073741824 TB× 0.001073741824
kibibytes1,048,576 KiB× 1,048,576
mebibytes1,024 MiB× 1,024
gibibytes (as entered)1 GiB

Factors are entered by hand from IEC 80000-13 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert gibibytes to bytes?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in gibibytes.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1073741824 — that is how many bytes fit in one gibibyte.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1073741824, or multiply by 9.3132 × 10^-10.

Gibibytes to bytes conversion table

GibibytesBytes
1 GiB1,073,741,824 B
2 GiB2,147,483,648 B
3 GiB3,221,225,472 B
4 GiB4,294,967,296 B
5 GiB5,368,709,120 B
6 GiB6,442,450,944 B
7 GiB7,516,192,768 B
8 GiB8,589,934,592 B
9 GiB9,663,676,416 B
10 GiB10,737,418,240 B
12 GiB12,884,901,888 B
15 GiB16,106,127,360 B
20 GiB21,474,836,480 B
25 GiB26,843,545,600 B
50 GiB53,687,091,200 B
100 GiB107,374,182,400 B

What are gibibytes and bytes?

Gibibyte (GiB)
Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes. About 7.4% larger than a gigabyte, which is the whole of the missing-space complaint.
Byte (B)
Eight bits. The smallest unit storage is actually sold and addressed in.

Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities

Questions people actually ask

How many bytes are in a gibibyte?
1073741824. Eight bits. The smallest unit storage is actually sold and addressed in.
How do I convert bytes back to gibibytes?
Divide by 1073741824, or multiply by 9.3132 × 10^-10 — they are the same operation.

Other data conversions

Bytes to gibibytes — the same conversion the other way.