Convert Gibibytes to Mebibytes
1 gibibyte is 1,024 MiB. One gibibyte is exactly 1024 mebibytes.
One gibibyte is 1024 mebibytes. To convert gibibytes to mebibytes, multiply by 1024; to go the other way, divide by 1024 or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from IEC 80000-13. Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes.
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Mebibytes
1,024 MiB
- Gibibytes × 1024
value * 10241,024 MiB
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 mebibytes?
- 1.Take the measurement in gibibytes.
- 2.Multiply by 1024 — that is how many mebibytes fit in one gibibyte.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4.
Gibibytes to mebibytes conversion table
| Gibibytes | Mebibytes |
|---|---|
| 1 GiB | 1,024 MiB |
| 2 GiB | 2,048 MiB |
| 3 GiB | 3,072 MiB |
| 4 GiB | 4,096 MiB |
| 5 GiB | 5,120 MiB |
| 6 GiB | 6,144 MiB |
| 7 GiB | 7,168 MiB |
| 8 GiB | 8,192 MiB |
| 9 GiB | 9,216 MiB |
| 10 GiB | 10,240 MiB |
| 12 GiB | 12,288 MiB |
| 15 GiB | 15,360 MiB |
| 20 GiB | 20,480 MiB |
| 25 GiB | 25,600 MiB |
| 50 GiB | 51,200 MiB |
| 100 GiB | 102,400 MiB |
What are gibibytes and mebibytes?
- Gibibyte (GiB)
- Exactly 1,073,741,824 bytes. About 7.4% larger than a gigabyte, which is the whole of the missing-space complaint.
- Mebibyte (MiB)
- Exactly 1,048,576 bytes. About 4.9% larger than a megabyte, and the unit most operating systems display while labelling it MB.
Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities
Questions people actually ask
- How many mebibytes are in a gibibyte?
- 1024. Exactly 1,048,576 bytes. About 4.9% larger than a megabyte, and the unit most operating systems display while labelling it MB.
- How do I convert mebibytes back to gibibytes?
- Divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4 — they are the same operation.
Other data conversions
Mebibytes to gibibytes — the same conversion the other way.