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Data Size Converter

Convert bytes, KB and KiB, and see where decimal and binary units diverge

Bytes1000000000
Bits8000000000
Decimal (powers of 1000)
  • B1000000000
  • KB1000000
  • MB1000
  • GB1
  • TB0.001
  • PB0.000001
Binary (powers of 1024)
  • KiB976562.5
  • MiB953.67432
  • GiB0.93132257
  • TiB0.0009094947
  • PiB8.8818e-7

Drive makers quote decimal units (1 GB = 10⁹ bytes) while operating systems count in binary but still print GB (1 GiB = 2³⁰ bytes). That is why a 500 GB drive shows up as roughly 465 GB — nothing is missing.