How to convert gibibytes to gigabytes
Formula: GB = GiB ÷ 0.931322575. Worked example: 16 GiB = 17.17987 GB. Quick estimate: multiply by about 1.1 — the error is 2.4%, fine for everyday use but not for engineering or shopping by exact size.
About these units
A gibibyte (GiB) is a binary unit of 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824 bytes, while a gigabyte (GB) is 10⁹ bytes. The ~7.4% gap is why a 512 GB SSD shows up as about 477 “GB” (really GiB) in Windows.
Category: data size. Results on this page are calculated in your browser and rounded to 7 significant digits; the table above uses 6. For other units of data size open the full unit converter, or use the reverse page — gigabytes to gibibytes.