Which is bigger, Kibibyte or Kilobit?

Kibibyte is bigger than Kilobit. One Kibibyte contains 8.192 Kilobits.

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Decimal (SI Standard)	Binary (IEC Standard)
1 Kilobit = 10³ or 1000 Bits	1 Kilobyte = 10³ or 1000 Bytes	1 Kibibit = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits	1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes
1 Megabit = 10⁶ or 1000² Bits	1 Megabyte = 10⁶ or 1000² Bytes	1 Mebibit = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bits	1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bytes
1 Gigabit = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bits	1 Gigabyte = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bytes	1 Gibibit = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bits	1 Gibibyte = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bytes
1 Terabit = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bits	1 Terabyte = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bytes	1 Tebibit = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bits	1 Tebibyte = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bytes
1 Petabit = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bits	1 Petabyte = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bytes	1 Pebibit = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bits	1 Pebibyte = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bytes
1 Exabit = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bits	1 Exabyte = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bytes	1 Exbibit = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bits	1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bytes
1 Zettabit = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bits	1 Zettabyte = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bytes	1 Zebibit = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bits	1 Zebibyte = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bytes
1 Yottabit = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bits	1 Yottabyte = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bytes	1 Yobibit = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bits	1 Yobibyte = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bytes

KiB to kbit Calculator - Convert Kibibyte to Kilobit

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Enter the value in Kibibyte and press Enter. ( eg: 1, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1024, 2048 )

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KiB to kbit conversion tool helps you convert the digital data storage units from Kibibyte to Kilobit. Type the value in KiB and press CONVERT button. The calculator will process the conversion from Kibibyte to Kilobit with the highest accuracy and display the result. Use the Copy button to copy the result to clipboard or Swap the conversion to change the conversion direction ie, Kilobit to Kibibyte.

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Difference between Kibibyte and Kilobit (KiB vs kbit)

Kibibyte (KiB)

One Kibibyte is 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes.
Kibibyte is a binary unit defined as per IEC standard.
The unit symbol for Kibibyte is KiB.
Kibibyte is not same as Kilobyte (KB) that contains 1000 bytes.
1024 Kibibyte = 1 Mebibyte (MiB).

Kilobit (kbit)

One Kilobit is 10³ or 1000 Bits.
Kilobit is a decimal unit defined as per SI standard.
The unit symbol for Kilobit is kbit or kb.
Kilobit is not same as Kibibit (Kib) that contains 1024 bits.
1000 Kilobits = 1 Megabit (Mbit).

How to convert Kibibyte to Kilobit?

Below formula is used convert from Kibibyte (KiB) to Kilobit (kbit) in the above KiB to kbit Calculator.

KiB to kbit Conversion Formula :

Kilobit = Kibibyte x (8x1024) / (1000)
or
Kilobit = Kibibyte x 8.192

Kibibyte to Kilobit Conversion Steps : Kibibyte is first converted to bits by multiplying with 8x1024 and then, converted to Kilobits by dividing with 1000. In short, we can just multiply Kibibyte with 8.192 to get the value in Kilobit.

KiB -> kbit -> Kibit Conversion Table

Value of Kibibyte (KiB)	in Kilobit (kbit) - 1000 bits	in Kibibit (Kibit) - 1024 bits
1 KiB	8.192 kbit	8 Kibit
2 KiB	16.384 kbit	16 Kibit
3 KiB	24.576 kbit	24 Kibit
4 KiB	32.768 kbit	32 Kibit
6 KiB	49.152 kbit	48 Kibit
7 KiB	57.344 kbit	56 Kibit
8 KiB	65.536 kbit	64 Kibit
9 KiB	73.728 kbit	72 Kibit
10 KiB	81.92 kbit	80 Kibit
100 KiB	819.2 kbit	800 Kibit
256 KiB	2,097.152 kbit	2,048 Kibit
500 KiB	4,096 kbit	4,000 Kibit
512 KiB	4,194.304 kbit	4,096 Kibit
1000 KiB	8,192 kbit	8,000 Kibit
1024 KiB	8,388.608 kbit	8,192 Kibit
2048 KiB	16,777.216 kbit	16,384 Kibit
5000 KiB	40,960 kbit	40,000 Kibit
10000 KiB	81,920 kbit	80,000 Kibit