GB vs GiB
Disk makers count in GB (powers of 1000); Linux and Windows count in GiB (powers of 1024). Convert any size below.
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The difference
1 GB1,000,000,000 bytes
1 GiB1,073,741,824 bytes
1 GB in GiB0.931 GiB
500 GB disk465.66 GiB
The gap is about 7% at gigabytes and grows with each step: 10% at terabytes.
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Questions
Is a GB the same as a GiB?
No. A GiB is 7.4% larger than a GB.
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