Gigabit

Updated: 03/05/2023 by Computer Hope
Tablet with the word Gigabit on the screen, and a cup of coffee.

Abbreviated as Gb, a gigabit is a method of measuring data transmission. A gigabit equals 109 or 1,000,000,000 bits.

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When the "b" is uppercase, like GB, this refers to a gigabyte.

What comes before a gigabit?

A megabit comes before a gigabit.

What comes after a gigabit?

A terabit comes after a gigabit.

Gigabit vs. other data measurements

Gigabit (Gb) Value
Gigabit in a Bit (b) 0.000000001
Gigabit in a Nibble (N) 0.00000001
Gigabit in a Byte (B) 0.00000001
Gigabit in a Kilobit (Kb) 0.000001
Gigabit in a Kilobyte (KB) 0.000008
Gigabit in a Kibibit (Kib) 1.023999476e-06
Gigabit in a Kibibyte (KiB) 8.192020972e-06
Gigabit in a Megabit (Mb) 0.001
Gigabit in a Megabyte (MB) 0.008
Gigabit in a Mebibit (Mib) 0.001048576348
Gigabit in a Mebibyte (MiB) 0.008388628375
Gigabit in a Gigabit (Gb) 1
Gigabits in a Gigabyte (GB) 8
Gigabit in a Gibibit (Gib) 1.07374
Gigabits in a Gibibyte (GiB) 8.58993
Gigabits in a Terabit (Tb) 1,000
Gigabits in a Terabyte (TB) 8,000
Gigabits in a Tebibit (Tib) 1,099.51
Gigabits in a Tebibyte (TiB) 8,796.09
Gigabits in a Petabit (Pb) 1,000,000
Gigabits in a Petabyte (PB) 8,000,000
Gigabits in a Pebibit (Pib) 1,126,000
Gigabits in a Pebibyte (PiB) 9,007,200
Gigabits in an Exabit (Eb) 1,000,000,000
Gigabits in an Exabyte (EB) 8,000,000,000
Gigabits in an Exbibit (Eib) 1,152,921,500
Gigabits in an Exbibyte (EiB) 9,223,372,040
Gigabits in a Zettabyte (ZB) 8,000,000,000,000
Gigabits in a Yottabyte (YB) 8,000,000,000,000,000

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