Kibibyte (KiB)
A kibibyte (KiB) is exactly 1,024 bytes — the binary IEC prefix used by RAM manufacturers and many Linux tools.
KiB and MiB appear in memory diagnostics, developer tools, and Windows binary file-size displays.
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Selected KiB values converted to MiB using the exact factor from this tool.
| KiB | MiB |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0000097656 |
| 0.1 | 0.0000976563 |
| 1 | 0.0009765625 |
| 2 | 0.001953125 |
| 3 | 0.0029296875 |
| 5 | 0.0048828125 |
| 10 | 0.009765625 |
| 20 | 0.01953125 |
| 50 | 0.048828125 |
| 100 | 0.09765625 |
| 1,000 | 0.9765625 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 KiB = 0.0009765625 MiB
1 MiB = 1024 KiB
To convert kibibyte to mebibyte, multiply by 0.0009765625.
To convert mebibyte to kibibyte, multiply by 1024.
Example: convert 10 KiB to MiB
10 × 0.0009765625 = 0.009765625 MiB
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A kibibyte (KiB) is exactly 1,024 bytes — the binary IEC prefix used by RAM manufacturers and many Linux tools.
KiB and MiB appear in memory diagnostics, developer tools, and Windows binary file-size displays.
A mebibyte (MiB) is exactly 1,048,576 bytes (1,024 KiB) — the binary counterpart to the decimal megabyte.
MiB sizes RAM modules, Docker images, and database pages where powers of two matter.
MiB = KiB × 0.0009765625KiB = MiB × 1,024, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any data storage conversion starting from kibibyte — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.