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Data Size Converter

Convert between bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, bits, and their binary (KiB, MiB) cousins.

Bits
bits (b)
SI (powers of 1000)
bytes (B)
kilobytes (KB)
megabytes (MB)
gigabytes (GB)
terabytes (TB)
petabytes (PB)
Binary (powers of 1024)
kibibytes (KiB)
mebibytes (MiB)
gibibytes (GiB)
tebibytes (TiB)
pebibytes (PiB)

SI vs binary

SI units (KB, MB, GB) use powers of 1,000 — that's what hard-drive and ISP marketing uses. Binary units(KiB, MiB, GiB) use powers of 1,024 — that's what RAM, operating systems, and most file managers use. 1 MB = 10⁶ bytes; 1 MiB = 2²⁰ bytes ≈ 1.0486 MB.

1 byte = 8 bits. Network speeds are usually quoted in bits per second (Mbps), file sizes in bytes — a 100 Mbps link transfers ~12.5 MB/s.

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