How to convert Mebibytes (binary) to gigabytes (decimal)
GB = MiB × 0.001048576
Multiply the MiB reading by 0.001048576.
Worked examples
1 MiB ≈ 0.001048576 GB
1 × 0.001048576 ≈ 0.001048576
1024 MiB ≈ 1.073741824 GB
1024 × 0.001048576 ≈ 1.073741824
Frequently asked questions
Why do decimal and binary prefixes give different readings?
Decimal prefixes scale by 1,000; binary prefixes scale by 1,024. For example, 1 MB is 1,000,000 bytes and 1 MiB is 1,048,576 bytes. These are definitions, not missing storage or transfer overhead.