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Gigabytes to Gigabits conversion

Note: Above conversion to Gb is base 10 decimal unit. If you want to use base 2 (binary unit) use Gigabytes to Gibibits (GB to Gib) (which results to 7.4505805969238 Gib). See the difference between decimal (Metric) and binary prefixes

Gigabytes to Gigabits conversion table

Gigabytes (GB)	Gigabits (Gb)
0	0
1	8
2	16
3	24
4	32
5	40
6	48
7	56
8	64
9	72
10	80
20	160
30	240
40	320
50	400
60	480
70	560
80	640
90	720
100	800
1000	8000

How to convert gigabytes to gigabits?

When converting between Gigabytes (GB) and Gigabits (Gb), it's important to understand both the decimal (base 10) and binary (base 2) systems, as they yield different results.

Decimal (Base 10)

By international standards (SI units):

1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes
1 Gigabit (Gb) = 1,000,000,000 bits

Because there are 8 bits in a byte:

1 GB = 8 Gb in the decimal system

Binary (Base 2)

In computing, binary prefixes are often used:

1 Gigabyte (GiB) = 2³⁰ bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 Gigabit (Gib) = 2³⁰ bits = 1,073,741,824 bits

Similarly, since there are 8 bits in a byte:

1 GiB = 8 Gib in the binary system

Real-World Examples of Quantities of Gigabytes

Storage Devices:
- A typical modern laptop might have an SSD with storage of around 256 GB or 512 GB.
  - In decimal: 256 GB = 256 * 8 = 2,048 Gb (512 GB = 4,096 Gb)
  - In binary: 256 GiB = 256 * 8 = 2,048 Gib (512 GiB = 4,096 Gib)
Internet Data Plans:
- A high-speed internet plan might provide 50 GB of data per month.
  - In decimal: 50 GB = 50 * 8 = 400 Gb
  - In binary: 50 GiB = 50 * 8 = 400 Gib
Digital Movies:
- A high-definition movie might require around 4 GB of storage.
  - In decimal: 4 GB = 4 * 8 = 32 Gb
  - In binary: 4 GiB = 4 * 8 = 32 Gib
USB Flash Drives:
- Common USB flash drives often come with storage sizes such as 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB.
  - In decimal: 16 GB = 16 * 8 = 128 Gb (32 GB = 256 Gb, 64 GB = 512 Gb)
  - In binary: 16 GiB = 16 * 8 = 128 Gib (32 GiB = 256 Gib, 64 GiB = 512 Gib)

These examples illustrate how the conversion is applied in real-world scenarios and highlight the difference between the decimal and binary systems in computing.

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 Gigabits to other unit conversions.

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

What is gigabits?

Gigabit (Gb) or gigabit per second (Gbps) is a unit of measurement that represents a large amount of data transfer speed, typically used in computing and telecommunications. Here's what it means:

1 Gigabit = 1 Billion Bits

To break it down further:

1 bit = the smallest unit of digital information
1 kilobit (Kb) = 1000 bits
1 megabit (Mb) = 1,000,000 bits
1 gigabit (Gb) = 1,000,000,000 bits

In other words, a gigabit is equivalent to transferring 1 billion individual bits of data per second.

To put it into perspective:

A typical internet connection might have speeds around 10-100 Mbps (megabits per second)
High-speed fiber-optic connections can reach speeds of up to several Gbps (e.g., 1,000-2,500 Gbps)
The fastest data transfer rates achieved by supercomputers and specialized networks are in the tens or even hundreds of Tbps (terabit).

Gigabits have become an important benchmark for measuring internet speed, network performance, and storage capacity.

Complete Gigabytes conversion table

Enter # of Gigabytes

Convert 1 GB to other units	Result
Gigabytes to Bits (GB to b)	8000000000
Gigabytes to Kilobits (GB to Kb)	8000000
Gigabytes to Kibibits (GB to Kib)	7812500
Gigabytes to Megabits (GB to Mb)	8000
Gigabytes to Mebibits (GB to Mib)	7629.39453125
Gigabytes to Gigabits (GB to Gb)	8
Gigabytes to Gibibits (GB to Gib)	7.4505805969238
Gigabytes to Terabits (GB to Tb)	0.008
Gigabytes to Tebibits (GB to Tib)	0.007275957614183
Gigabytes to Bytes (GB to B)	1000000000
Gigabytes to Kilobytes (GB to KB)	1000000
Gigabytes to Kibibytes (GB to KiB)	976562.5
Gigabytes to Megabytes (GB to MB)	1000
Gigabytes to Mebibytes (GB to MiB)	953.67431640625
Gigabytes to Gibibytes (GB to GiB)	0.9313225746155
Gigabytes to Terabytes (GB to TB)	0.001
Gigabytes to Tebibytes (GB to TiB)	0.0009094947017729

Gigabytes to Gigabits conversion