Convert Gibibytes to Kibibytes
1 gibibyte is 1,048,576 KiB. One gibibyte is exactly 1048576 kibibytes.
One gibibyte is 1048576 kibibytes. To convert gibibytes to kibibytes, multiply by 1048576; to go the other way, divide by 1048576 or multiply by 9.5367 × 10^-7. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from IEC 80000-13. Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes.
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Kibibytes
1,048,576 KiB
- Gibibytes × 1048576
value * 10485761,048,576 KiB
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 kibibytes?
- 1.Take the measurement in gibibytes.
- 2.Multiply by 1048576 — that is how many kibibytes fit in one gibibyte.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1048576, or multiply by 9.5367 × 10^-7.
Gibibytes to kibibytes conversion table
| Gibibytes | Kibibytes |
|---|---|
| 1 GiB | 1,048,576 KiB |
| 2 GiB | 2,097,152 KiB |
| 3 GiB | 3,145,728 KiB |
| 4 GiB | 4,194,304 KiB |
| 5 GiB | 5,242,880 KiB |
| 6 GiB | 6,291,456 KiB |
| 7 GiB | 7,340,032 KiB |
| 8 GiB | 8,388,608 KiB |
| 9 GiB | 9,437,184 KiB |
| 10 GiB | 10,485,760 KiB |
| 12 GiB | 12,582,912 KiB |
| 15 GiB | 15,728,640 KiB |
| 20 GiB | 20,971,520 KiB |
| 25 GiB | 26,214,400 KiB |
| 50 GiB | 52,428,800 KiB |
| 100 GiB | 104,857,600 KiB |
What are gibibytes and kibibytes?
- Gibibyte (GiB)
- Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes. About 7.4% larger than a gigabyte, which is the whole of the missing-space complaint.
- Kibibyte (KiB)
- Exactly 1,024 bytes — two to the tenth. The binary prefix, standardised by IEC in 1998 precisely to end the argument about what a kilobyte means.
Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities
Questions people actually ask
- How many kibibytes are in a gibibyte?
- 1048576. Exactly 1,024 bytes — two to the tenth. The binary prefix, standardised by IEC in 1998 precisely to end the argument about what a kilobyte means.
- How do I convert kibibytes back to gibibytes?
- Divide by 1048576, or multiply by 9.5367 × 10^-7 — they are the same operation.
Other data conversions
Kibibytes to gibibytes — the same conversion the other way.