Convert Gibibytes to Gigabytes
1 gibibyte is 1.073742 GB. One gibibyte is exactly 1.073741824 gigabytes.
One gibibyte is 1.0737418 gigabytes. To convert gibibytes to gigabytes, multiply by 1.0737418; to go the other way, divide by 1.0737418 or multiply by 0.93132257. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from IEC 80000-13. Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes.
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Gigabytes
1.073742 GB
- Gibibytes × 1.0737418
value * 1.0737418241.074 GB
1 gibibyte in every data unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| bytes | 1,073,741,824 B | × 1,073,741,824 |
| kilobytes | 1,073,741.824 kB | × 1,073,741.824 |
| megabytes | 1,073.741824 MB | × 1,073.741824 |
| gigabytes | 1.073741824 GB | × 1.073741824 |
| terabytes | 0.001073741824 TB | × 0.001073741824 |
| kibibytes | 1,048,576 KiB | × 1,048,576 |
| mebibytes | 1,024 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 gigabytes?
- 1.Take the measurement in gibibytes.
- 2.Multiply by 1.0737418 — that is how many gigabytes fit in one gibibyte.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1.0737418, or multiply by 0.93132257.
Gibibytes to gigabytes conversion table
| Gibibytes | Gigabytes |
|---|---|
| 1 GiB | 1.073742 GB |
| 2 GiB | 2.147484 GB |
| 3 GiB | 3.221225 GB |
| 4 GiB | 4.294967 GB |
| 5 GiB | 5.368709 GB |
| 6 GiB | 6.442451 GB |
| 7 GiB | 7.516193 GB |
| 8 GiB | 8.589935 GB |
| 9 GiB | 9.663676 GB |
| 10 GiB | 10.737418 GB |
| 12 GiB | 12.884902 GB |
| 15 GiB | 16.106127 GB |
| 20 GiB | 21.474836 GB |
| 25 GiB | 26.843546 GB |
| 50 GiB | 53.687091 GB |
| 100 GiB | 107.374182 GB |
What are gibibytes and gigabytes?
- Gibibyte (GiB)
- Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes. About 7.4% larger than a gigabyte, which is the whole of the missing-space complaint.
- Gigabyte (GB)
- Exactly one billion bytes. This is why a "1 TB" drive shows as roughly 931 GB in Windows: the drive is sold in decimal and displayed in binary.
Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities
Questions people actually ask
- How many gigabytes are in a gibibyte?
- 1.0737418. Exactly one billion bytes. This is why a "1 TB" drive shows as roughly 931 GB in Windows: the drive is sold in decimal and displayed in binary.
- How do I convert gigabytes back to gibibytes?
- Divide by 1.0737418, or multiply by 0.93132257 — they are the same operation.
Other data conversions
Gigabytes to gibibytes — the same conversion the other way.