Which is bigger, Kilobit or Kibibit?

Kibibit is bigger than Kilobit. One Kibibit contains 1.024 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

kbit to Kibit Calculator - Convert Kilobit to Kibibit

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To Kibibit

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

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Welcome, start using kbit to Kibit Converter.

kbit to Kibit conversion tool helps you convert the digital data storage units from Kilobit to Kibibit. Type the value in kbit and press CONVERT button. The calculator will process the conversion from Kilobit to Kibibit 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, Kibibit to Kilobit.

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Use the below calculators to convert Kilobit to some other units similar to Kibibit.

Difference between Kilobit and Kibibit (kbit vs Kibit)

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).

Kibibit (Kibit)

One Kibibit is 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits.
Kibibit is a binary unit defined as per IEC standard.
The unit symbol for Kibibit Kibit.
Kibibit is not same as Kilobit (Kb) that contains 1000 bits.
1024 Kibibits = 1 Mebibit (Mibit).

How to convert Kilobit to Kibibit?

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

kbit to Kibit Conversion Formula :

Kibibit = Kilobit x (1000) / (1024)
or
Kibibit = Kilobit x 0.9765625

Kilobit to Kibibit Conversion Steps : Kilobit is first converted to bits by multiplying with 1000 and then, converted to Kibibits by dividing with 1024. In short, we can just multiply Kilobit with 0.9765625 to get the value in Kibibit.

kbit -> Kibit Conversion Table

Value of Kilobit (kbit)	in Kibibit (Kibit) - 1024 bits
1 kbit	0.9765625 Kibit
2 kbit	1.953125 Kibit
3 kbit	2.9296875 Kibit
4 kbit	3.90625 Kibit
6 kbit	5.859375 Kibit
7 kbit	6.8359375 Kibit
8 kbit	7.8125 Kibit
9 kbit	8.7890625 Kibit
10 kbit	9.765625 Kibit
100 kbit	97.65625 Kibit
256 kbit	250 Kibit
500 kbit	488.28125 Kibit
512 kbit	500 Kibit
1000 kbit	976.5625 Kibit
1024 kbit	1,000 Kibit
2048 kbit	2,000 Kibit
5000 kbit	4,882.8125 Kibit
10000 kbit	9,765.625 Kibit