Convert Gibibyte to Byte

One GiB equals 1,073,741,824 B. This converter allows you to easily convert between Gibibyte and Byte in real time.

Formula

GiB × 1,073,741,824 = B

Example: 1 GiB = 1,073,741,824 B

What is Gibibyte?

The gibibyte is an IEC binary prefix unit equal to exactly 2 to the 30th power bytes (1,073,741,824 bytes). Linux and many other operating systems display memory and disk capacity in gibibytes for precision. There is approximately a 7.4 percent difference between a gibibyte and the SI-based gigabyte (one billion bytes), which explains why a new hard drive appears to have less capacity than advertised.

What is Byte?

The byte is the fundamental unit of digital data, consisting of 8 bits. One byte is enough to represent a single ASCII character such as a letter or digit. In UTF-8 encoding, a Japanese character typically requires 3 bytes. All larger data units (KB, MB, GB, TB) are built upon the byte. It serves as the basic addressable unit in computer memory and storage systems.