Factors come from the stored source family and are not derived from rounded display values.
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KB, MB and GB are decimal. KiB, MiB and GiB are binary. This distinction explains many apparent storage gaps.
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UnitCloud keeps calculating with stored factors and rounds only the displayed output by selected precision.
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Citation note: UnitCloud, conversion with formula, sources current as of May 2026. Данные. Source basis: NIST Metric SI Prefixes · NIST Binary Prefixes.
Common questions
Why does a drive show fewer GiB than GB?
GB, GiB, MB, MiB, byte and bit decide whether storage plans, upload limits and RAM values are truly comparable.
When is bit meant instead of byte?
GB, GiB, MB, MiB, byte and bit decide whether storage plans, upload limits and RAM values are truly comparable.
What is the factor for Gigabyte to Gibibyte?
1 GB = 0,9313225746 GiB
Which formula does Gigabyte to Gibibyte use?
1 GB = 1,000,000,000 B. Then the value is converted through the base unit Byte into Gibibyte.