Gibibytes to Tebibytes conversion

Note: Above conversion to TiB is base 2 binary units. If you want to use base 10 (decimal unit) use Gibibytes to Terabytes (GiB to TB) (which results to 0.001073741824 TB). See the difference between decimal (Metric) and binary prefixes

Gibibytes to Tebibytes conversion table

Gibibytes (GiB)Tebibytes (TiB)
00
10.0009765625
20.001953125
30.0029296875
40.00390625
50.0048828125
60.005859375
70.0068359375
80.0078125
90.0087890625
100.009765625
200.01953125
300.029296875
400.0390625
500.048828125
600.05859375
700.068359375
800.078125
900.087890625
1000.09765625
10000.9765625

How to convert gibibytes to tebibytes?

Gibibytes (GiB) and Tebibytes (TiB) are units of measure used in computing to quantify digital information. They are based on binary multiples. Here’s how to convert between them and understand their use.

Conversion:

1 Tebibyte is 1024 Gibibytes when expressed in base 2.

Base 2 (binary):

1 GiB = 11024\frac{1}{1024} TiB
Therefore, 1 GiB=11024 TiB1 \text{ GiB} = \frac{1}{1024} \text{ TiB} 1 GiB=0.0009765625 TiB1 \text{ GiB} = 0.0009765625 \text{ TiB}

Base 10 (decimal):

While Gibibytes and Tebibytes are specifically binary-based units, in a base-10 (decimal) context, we might look at Gigabytes (GB, decimal-based) and Terabytes (TB, decimal-based).

1 Terabyte is 1000 Gigabytes. However, for clarity: 1 GB=11000 TB1 \text{ GB} = \frac{1}{1000} \text{ TB} 1 GB=0.001 TB1 \text{ GB} = 0.001 \text{ TB}

A common confusion occurs in the distinction between GB (base 10) and GiB (base 2), as well as TB (base 10) and TiB (base 2).

Real-World Examples:

  1. Portable Hard Drives:

    • You might see ads for portable hard drives with different capacities such as 1 TiB, which in terms of Gibibytes is 1024 GiB.
  2. Cloud Storage:

    • Various cloud storage services may offer plans with size limits, such as 500 GiB, which is about 0.4883 TiB.
  3. RAM (Random Access Memory):

    • While RAM commonly uses Gigabytes (GB), in contexts requiring precision—it would be referred to in Gibibytes. For instance, 16 GiB of RAM is approximately 0.015625 TiB.
  4. SSD (Solid State Drive):

    • An SSD might be advertised as 256 GiB, which would approximately be 0.25 TiB in base 2 measurement.

Understanding these conversions helps in correctly interpreting specifications and planning for storage needs in various computing contexts.

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 Tebibytes to other unit conversions.

What is gibibytes?

A gigabyte (GB) is a unit of digital information that represents the amount of data stored in a computer or other electronic device. It's equivalent to 1,073,741,824 bytes (or 1024 megabytes).

To break it down further:

  • A kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 bytes
  • A megabyte (MB) = 1,024 kilobytes
  • A gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 megabytes

Now, let's talk about gibibytes!

A gibibyte (GiB) is a unit of digital information that represents the amount of data stored in a computer or other electronic device. The key difference between gibibytes and gigabytes is the way they're defined:

  • A gigabyte (GB) = 1,073,741,824 bytes
  • A gibibyte (GiB) = 2^30 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes

That's about a 4.88% difference!

Gibibytes were introduced in 1998 by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), which is the organization responsible for standardizing many units of measurement in computing.

The use of gibibytes is not as widespread as gigabytes, but it's still used in some contexts to provide a more precise representation of digital storage capacity.

What is tebibytes?

A term that's not as commonly used in everyday conversation!

A tebibyte (TiB) is a unit of digital information storage capacity. It's part of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) binary prefix system, which was adopted by most countries to standardize the way we express and compare data storage sizes.

One tebibyte is equal to 1 trillion bytes (10^12 bytes). In other words:

1 TiB = 1024 gigabytes (GB) 1 TiB = 2.048 terabytes (TB)

To put this in perspective, here are some rough estimates of the size of various media and data storage devices using tebibytes:

  • A standard Blu-ray disc: around 50-100 GiB (0.05-0.1 TiB)
  • A typical computer hard drive: around 500-2000 GB (0.5-2 TiB)
  • A high-capacity external hard drive: up to 10-20 TiB
  • Large-scale data storage solutions, such as those used in cloud computing or backup systems: can range from hundreds of TiB to tens of petabytes (PB), which is a much larger unit of measurement.

While tebibytes are not commonly used in everyday conversation, they're an important part of the technical vocabulary for anyone working with large data storage capacities.

Complete Gibibytes conversion table

Enter # of Gibibytes
Convert 1 GiB to other unitsResult
Gibibytes to Bits (GiB to b)8589934592
Gibibytes to Kilobits (GiB to Kb)8589934.592
Gibibytes to Kibibits (GiB to Kib)8388608
Gibibytes to Megabits (GiB to Mb)8589.934592
Gibibytes to Mebibits (GiB to Mib)8192
Gibibytes to Gigabits (GiB to Gb)8.589934592
Gibibytes to Gibibits (GiB to Gib)8
Gibibytes to Terabits (GiB to Tb)0.008589934592
Gibibytes to Tebibits (GiB to Tib)0.0078125
Gibibytes to Bytes (GiB to B)1073741824
Gibibytes to Kilobytes (GiB to KB)1073741.824
Gibibytes to Kibibytes (GiB to KiB)1048576
Gibibytes to Megabytes (GiB to MB)1073.741824
Gibibytes to Mebibytes (GiB to MiB)1024
Gibibytes to Gigabytes (GiB to GB)1.073741824
Gibibytes to Terabytes (GiB to TB)0.001073741824
Gibibytes to Tebibytes (GiB to TiB)0.0009765625