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Bits to Gigabytes conversion

Note: Above conversion to GB is base 10 decimal unit. If you want to use base 2 (binary unit) use Bits to Gibibytes (b to GiB) (which results to 1.1641532182693e-10 GiB). See the difference between decimal (Metric) and binary prefixes

Bits to Gigabytes conversion table

Bits (b)	Gigabytes (GB)
0	0
1	1.25e-10
2	2.5e-10
3	3.75e-10
4	5e-10
5	6.25e-10
6	7.5e-10
7	8.75e-10
8	1e-9
9	1.125e-9
10	1.25e-9
20	2.5e-9
30	3.75e-9
40	5e-9
50	6.25e-9
60	7.5e-9
70	8.75e-9
80	1e-8
90	1.125e-8
100	1.25e-8
1000	1.25e-7

How to convert bits to gigabytes?

Certainly! Converting bits to gigabytes involves understanding the differences in storage measurements between base-10 (decimal) and base-2 (binary) systems.

Base-10 (Decimal System)

In the base-10 system, storage units are based on powers of 10.

1 kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 bytes
1 megabyte (MB) = 1,000 KB = 1,000,000 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 MB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

Base-2 (Binary System)

In the base-2 system, storage units are based on powers of 2.

1 kibibyte (KiB) = 1,024 bytes
1 mebibyte (MiB) = 1,024 KiB = 1,048,576 bytes
1 gibibyte (GiB) = 1,024 MiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

Converting 1 Bit to Gigabytes (Base-10)

First, we need to convert bits to bytes, noting that 1 byte = 8 bits.

1 bit = 1/8 bytes = 0.125 bytes

To convert bytes to gigabytes in base-10: $\text{1 bit in GB (Base-10)} = \frac{0.125 \text{ bytes}}{1,000,000,000}$

$\text{1 bit in GB (Base-10)} = 1.25 \times 10^{-10} \, \text{GB}$

Converting 1 Bit to Gibibytes (Base-2)

Using the same byte conversion, but converting to gibibytes instead:

$\text{1 bit in GiB (Base-2)} = \frac{0.125 \text{ bytes}}{1,073,741,824}$

$\text{1 bit in GiB (Base-2)} = 1.164153218269 \times 10^{-10} \, \text{GiB}$

Real World Examples with Other Quantities of Bits

8 Bits (1 Byte)
- Base-10: $\frac{1}{1,000,000,000}$ GB = $1 \times 10^{-9}$ GB
- Base-2: $\frac{1}{1,073,741,824}$ GiB = $9.313225746154785 \times 10^{-10}$ GiB
1 Kilobit (Kb) = 1,000 Bits
- Base-10: $\frac{125 \, \text{bytes}}{1,000,000,000}$ GB = $1.25 \times 10^{-7}$ GB
- Base-2: $\frac{125 \, \text{bytes}}{1,073,741,824}$ GiB = $1.164153218 \times 10^{-7}$ GiB
1 Megabit (Mb) = 1,000,000 Bits
- Base-10: $\frac{125,000 \, \text{bytes}}{1,000,000,000}$ GB = $1.25 \times 10^{-4}$ GB
- Base-2: $\frac{125,000 \, \text{bytes}}{1,073,741,824}$ GiB = $1.164153218 \times 10^{-4}$ GiB
1 Gigabit (Gb) = 1,000,000,000 Bits
- Base-10: $\frac{125,000,000 \, \text{bytes}}{1,000,000,000}$ GB = 0.125 GB
- Base-2: $\frac{125,000,000 \, \text{bytes}}{1,073,741,824}$ GiB = $0.1164153218$ GiB

These conversions give you an idea of how bits scale up to larger storage units in both base-10 and base-2 systems, which are relevant depending on whether the context is consumer storage or more technical computing storage.

See below section for step by step unit conversion with formulas and explanations. Please refer to the table below for a list of all the Gigabytes to other unit conversions.

What is bits?

"Bits" can refer to different things depending on the context in which it's used. Here are a few common interpretations:

Binary Digits: In computing, "bits" stand for binary digits. A bit is the basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. It's either a 0 or a 1, allowing computers to process and store data in a series of these two states. Bits are combined to form bytes (8 bits), which can be further grouped into kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, etc.
Currency Unit: In the context of digital currency, "bits" is an old term used for fractions of Bitcoin. Each bitcoin was divisible into 100 million units called satoshis or into smaller units known as bits (0.01 BTC = 1 bit). However, this term has largely fallen out of use since it's been replaced by the more precise and commonly used term "satoshis."
Miscellaneous: Outside technical or financial contexts, people might refer to something as a "bit" in a colloquial sense, similar to how you might say "a bit" to mean somewhat or slightly. For example, "It's a bit rainy today." However, this usage is more common with the phrase "a bit," rather than just "bits."

In summary, when someone says "bits," without additional context, it most likely refers to binary digits in computing.

What is a Gigabyte?

Gigabyte, $GB$ , is a unit of digital information. Giga is used as a unit prefix in metrics system. It represent a numerical value $10^9$ or $1,000,000,000$ . List of SI prefix can be found on Wikipidia.

There are two common ways unit of information is represented. One is in decimal (base 10) form and the other is in power of 2 (binary). $Gigabyte$ is referring to the base 10 format, unlike $Gigibyte$ which is referring to base 2 format.

1\,Gigabyte => 1\, GB\,(shorthand form)

1\,GB = 1,000,000,000\,byte = 10^9 bytes

More examples can be found on Stanford's Kilobytes Megabytes Gigabytes Terabytes article

Complete Bits conversion table

Enter # of Bits

Convert 1 b to other units	Result
Bits to Kilobits (b to Kb)	0.001
Bits to Kibibits (b to Kib)	0.0009765625
Bits to Megabits (b to Mb)	0.000001
Bits to Mebibits (b to Mib)	9.5367431640625e-7
Bits to Gigabits (b to Gb)	1e-9
Bits to Gibibits (b to Gib)	9.3132257461548e-10
Bits to Terabits (b to Tb)	1e-12
Bits to Tebibits (b to Tib)	9.0949470177293e-13
Bits to Bytes (b to B)	0.125
Bits to Kilobytes (b to KB)	0.000125
Bits to Kibibytes (b to KiB)	0.0001220703125
Bits to Megabytes (b to MB)	1.25e-7
Bits to Mebibytes (b to MiB)	1.1920928955078e-7
Bits to Gigabytes (b to GB)	1.25e-10
Bits to Gibibytes (b to GiB)	1.1641532182693e-10
Bits to Terabytes (b to TB)	1.25e-13
Bits to Tebibytes (b to TiB)	1.1368683772162e-13

Bits to Gigabytes conversion