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How do you convert GB to TB?

Divide the number of gigabytes by 1,000. Terabytes start being readable past 1,000 GB: a 3,400 GB backup reads far more easily as 3.4 TB.

TB = GB ÷ 1,000

GB = TB × 1,000

Capacities in gigabytes and terabytes

64 GB (memory card)0.064 TB
128 GB (smartphone)0.128 TB
256 GB (laptop SSD)0.256 TB
500 GB0.5 TB
1,000 GB1 TB
2,000 GB2 TB
4,000 GB4 TB
5,000 GB5 TB
10,000 GB10 TB
20,000 GB20 TB
50,000 GB (archive)50 TB
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  • 1 GB = 0.001 TB
  • 2 GB = 0.002 TB
  • 3 GB = 0.003 TB
  • 4 GB = 0.004 TB
  • 5 GB = 0.005 TB
  • 6 GB = 0.006 TB
  • 7 GB = 0.007 TB
  • 8 GB = 0.008 TB
  • 9 GB = 0.009 TB
  • 10 GB = 0.01 TB
  • 11 GB = 0.011 TB
  • 12 GB = 0.012 TB
  • 13 GB = 0.013 TB
  • 14 GB = 0.014 TB
  • 15 GB = 0.015 TB
  • 16 GB = 0.016 TB
  • 17 GB = 0.017 TB
  • 18 GB = 0.018 TB
  • 19 GB = 0.019 TB
  • 20 GB = 0.02 TB
  • 21 GB = 0.021 TB
  • 22 GB = 0.022 TB
  • 23 GB = 0.023 TB
  • 24 GB = 0.024 TB
  • 25 GB = 0.025 TB
  • 26 GB = 0.026 TB
  • 27 GB = 0.027 TB
  • 28 GB = 0.028 TB
  • 29 GB = 0.029 TB
  • 30 GB = 0.03 TB
  • 31 GB = 0.031 TB
  • 32 GB = 0.032 TB
  • 33 GB = 0.033 TB
  • 34 GB = 0.034 TB
  • 35 GB = 0.035 TB
  • 36 GB = 0.036 TB
  • 37 GB = 0.037 TB
  • 38 GB = 0.038 TB
  • 39 GB = 0.039 TB
  • 40 GB = 0.04 TB
  • 41 GB = 0.041 TB
  • 42 GB = 0.042 TB
  • 43 GB = 0.043 TB
  • 44 GB = 0.044 TB
  • 45 GB = 0.045 TB
  • 46 GB = 0.046 TB
  • 47 GB = 0.047 TB
  • 48 GB = 0.048 TB
  • 49 GB = 0.049 TB
  • 50 GB = 0.05 TB
  • 51 GB = 0.051 TB
  • 52 GB = 0.052 TB
  • 53 GB = 0.053 TB
  • 54 GB = 0.054 TB
  • 55 GB = 0.055 TB
  • 56 GB = 0.056 TB
  • 57 GB = 0.057 TB
  • 58 GB = 0.058 TB
  • 59 GB = 0.059 TB
  • 60 GB = 0.06 TB
  • 61 GB = 0.061 TB
  • 62 GB = 0.062 TB
  • 63 GB = 0.063 TB
  • 64 GB = 0.064 TB
  • 65 GB = 0.065 TB
  • 66 GB = 0.066 TB
  • 67 GB = 0.067 TB
  • 68 GB = 0.068 TB
  • 69 GB = 0.069 TB
  • 70 GB = 0.07 TB
  • 71 GB = 0.071 TB
  • 72 GB = 0.072 TB
  • 73 GB = 0.073 TB
  • 74 GB = 0.074 TB
  • 75 GB = 0.075 TB
  • 76 GB = 0.076 TB
  • 77 GB = 0.077 TB
  • 78 GB = 0.078 TB
  • 79 GB = 0.079 TB
  • 80 GB = 0.08 TB
  • 81 GB = 0.081 TB
  • 82 GB = 0.082 TB
  • 83 GB = 0.083 TB
  • 84 GB = 0.084 TB
  • 85 GB = 0.085 TB
  • 86 GB = 0.086 TB
  • 87 GB = 0.087 TB
  • 88 GB = 0.088 TB
  • 89 GB = 0.089 TB
  • 90 GB = 0.09 TB
  • 91 GB = 0.091 TB
  • 92 GB = 0.092 TB
  • 93 GB = 0.093 TB
  • 94 GB = 0.094 TB
  • 95 GB = 0.095 TB
  • 96 GB = 0.096 TB
  • 97 GB = 0.097 TB
  • 98 GB = 0.098 TB
  • 99 GB = 0.099 TB
  • 100 GB = 0.1 TB
  • 125 GB = 0.125 TB
  • 150 GB = 0.15 TB
  • 175 GB = 0.175 TB
  • 200 GB = 0.2 TB
  • 225 GB = 0.225 TB
  • 250 GB = 0.25 TB
  • 275 GB = 0.275 TB
  • 300 GB = 0.3 TB
  • 325 GB = 0.325 TB
  • 350 GB = 0.35 TB
  • 375 GB = 0.375 TB
  • 400 GB = 0.4 TB
  • 425 GB = 0.425 TB
  • 450 GB = 0.45 TB
  • 475 GB = 0.475 TB
  • 500 GB = 0.5 TB
  • 550 GB = 0.55 TB
  • 600 GB = 0.6 TB
  • 650 GB = 0.65 TB
  • 700 GB = 0.7 TB
  • 750 GB = 0.75 TB
  • 800 GB = 0.8 TB
  • 850 GB = 0.85 TB
  • 900 GB = 0.9 TB
  • 950 GB = 0.95 TB
  • 1,000 GB = 1 TB
  • 1,500 GB = 1.5 TB
  • 2,000 GB = 2 TB
  • 2,500 GB = 2.5 TB
  • 3,000 GB = 3 TB
  • 3,500 GB = 3.5 TB
  • 4,000 GB = 4 TB
  • 4,500 GB = 4.5 TB
  • 5,000 GB = 5 TB
  • 5,500 GB = 5.5 TB
  • 6,000 GB = 6 TB
  • 6,500 GB = 6.5 TB
  • 7,000 GB = 7 TB
  • 7,500 GB = 7.5 TB
  • 8,000 GB = 8 TB
  • 8,500 GB = 8.5 TB
  • 9,000 GB = 9 TB
  • 9,500 GB = 9.5 TB
  • 10,000 GB = 10 TB

Decimal definition from IEC standard 80000-13: the terabyte is 10¹² bytes, exactly 1,000 gigabytes. The binary tebibyte is 2⁴⁰ bytes, around 1.1 TB. Methodology & sources.

Frequently asked questions

When should I start talking in terabytes?

Past 1,000 GB the usage shifts naturally. Below that, the gigabyte stays clearer: nobody advertises a 0.256 TB phone when 256 GB reads at a glance.

Is a 2 TB cloud plan a lot?

It is 2,000 GB, room for roughly 400,000 smartphone photos or 500 films in 1080p. For a family photo library that is comfortable; for regular 4K editing it fills up within a year or two.

Why does my 4 TB drive show only 3.64 TB?

Because the system divides by 2⁴⁰ instead of 10¹² while keeping the TB label. Those are really tebibytes. The gap is constant, around 9 %, and grows with the advertised capacity.

How long does it take to fill a terabyte?

Divide the volume by the real throughput: one million megabytes at 110 MB/s, what a saturated Gigabit Ethernet link reaches, takes two and a half hours. The same terabyte needs 11 hours over a USB 2.0 external drive at 25 MB/s, and 22 hours on a fibre line whose upload caps at 100 Mb/s. An online backup is measured in hours, not in clicks.

Which units come after the terabyte?

Peta, exa, zetta and yotta, each a thousand times the last. The 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures added two more floors on 18 November 2022, ronna for 10²⁷ and quetta for 10³⁰, citing the growth of data volumes explicitly. One ronnabyte is a million billion terabytes.

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