Bits to Bytes
Convert bits to bytes. Eight bits make one byte. Kilobytes on this list use 1000. Kibibytes use 1024. Hard-drive marketing often uses 1000. RAM often uses 1024.
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How to convert bits to bytes
- Enter the amount in bits. The default is 1.
- Keep From as Bits and To as Bytes, or pick kilobytes (1000) or kibibytes (1024).
- Read bytes. Divide bits by 8.
- Swap units to convert bytes back to bits. Megabytes to gigabytes is a sibling spoke.
Bit
Information (binary digit)
| Bit | One binary digit, canonical unit on this page |
|---|---|
| Byte | 1 B = 8 bits |
| Kilobyte | 1 kB = 1000 bytes = 8000 bits |
| Kibibyte | 1 KiB = 1024 bytes = 8192 bits |
| Megabyte | 1 MB = 1000² bytes, labelled Megabytes (1000) |
| Mebibyte | 1 MiB = 1024² bytes, labelled Mebibytes (1024) |
What bits to bytes does
This spoke locks the data engine on bits to bytes. A byte is 8 bits by the convention this converter uses (octet). Larger units split into SI (1000) and IEC binary (1024) names: kB versus KiB, MB versus MiB, GB versus GiB. The labels in the lists say (1000) or (1024) so you do not mix them.
Disk marketing in GB is MB to GB with the 1000 chain. The hub is data.
Bit and byte factors
bytes = bits / 8. bits = bytes × 8. kB = bytes / 1000. KiB = bytes / 1024. MB = bytes / 1e6. MiB = bytes / 1024². The engine stores bits as the canonical unit. Swap exchanges From and To.
SI 1000 versus IEC 1024
Network rates are often bits per second, written Mb/s, which is not megabytes per second. This page converts a stored quantity, not a live bitrate. Operating systems may show GiB while the vendor printed GB. Pick the prefix that matches the label you are reading. There is no TB on this short list.
When to convert bits to bytes here
Turn a bit count into bytes, compare a 1024 KiB figure with kB, or climb to MB and GB. Leave download time on a pace calculator that also needs a rate.
What this page does not do
It does not convert bits per second into a download clock unless you bring a size and a rate elsewhere. It does not list terabytes. Input stays in this tab.