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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

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 mebibytes?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in gibibytes.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1024 — that is how many mebibytes fit in one gibibyte.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4.

Gibibytes to mebibytes conversion table

GibibytesMebibytes
1 GiB1,024 MiB
2 GiB2,048 MiB
3 GiB3,072 MiB
4 GiB4,096 MiB
5 GiB5,120 MiB
6 GiB6,144 MiB
7 GiB7,168 MiB
8 GiB8,192 MiB
9 GiB9,216 MiB
10 GiB10,240 MiB
12 GiB12,288 MiB
15 GiB15,360 MiB
20 GiB20,480 MiB
25 GiB25,600 MiB
50 GiB51,200 MiB
100 GiB102,400 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.