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Kilobits to Bytes Converter

Convert kilobits (kbit) to bytes (B), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter an amount of data, choose its unit and the unit you want. The answer is exact until it is shown, and the same value appears in every other unit.

About valueA number, fraction (3/8), mixed number (1 1/2), scientific notation (2.5e6) or a simple sum such as 2*3.
About toThe unit you want the answer in. Swap exchanges the two units.
Result
Result
125 B
bits
1,000 bit
nibbles
250 nibble
megabits
0.001 Mbit
gigabits
1 × 10⁻⁶ Gbit
terabits
1 × 10⁻⁹ Tbit
petabits
1 × 10⁻¹² Pbit
exabits
1 × 10⁻¹⁵ Ebit
kilobytes
0.125 kB
megabytes
0.000125 MB
gigabytes
1.25 × 10⁻⁷ GB
terabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁰ TB
petabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹³ PB
exabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁶ EB
kibibits
0.9765625 Kibit
mebibits
0.000953674316406 Mibit
gibibits
9.31322574615 × 10⁻⁷ Gibit
tebibits
9.09494701773 × 10⁻¹⁰ Tibit
pebibits
8.881784197 × 10⁻¹³ Pibit
exbibits
8.67361737988 × 10⁻¹⁶ Eibit
kibibytes
0.1220703125 KiB
mebibytes
0.000119209289551 MiB
gibibytes
1.16415321827 × 10⁻⁷ GiB
tebibytes
1.13686837722 × 10⁻¹⁰ TiB
pebibytes
1.11022302463 × 10⁻¹³ PiB
exbibytes
1.08420217249 × 10⁻¹⁶ EiB

1 kbit = 125 B

Show the working
  1. 1 kbit = 125 B
  2. 1 × 125 = 125 B

How to convert kilobits to bytes

1 kbit = 125 B, so multiply by 125 to go from kilobits to bytes. Going the other way, 1 B = 0.008 kbit.

B = kbit × 125
kbit = B × 0.008

Worked example:

1 kbit = 125 B
5 × 125 = 625 B

Kilobits to bytes table

KilobitsBytes
1 kbit125 B
2 kbit250 B
3 kbit375 B
4 kbit500 B
5 kbit625 B
6 kbit750 B
7 kbit875 B
8 kbit1,000 B
9 kbit1,125 B
10 kbit1,250 B
15 kbit1,875 B
20 kbit2,500 B
25 kbit3,125 B
30 kbit3,750 B
40 kbit5,000 B
50 kbit6,250 B
75 kbit9,375 B
100 kbit12,500 B
250 kbit31,250 B
500 kbit62,500 B
1000 kbit125,000 B

About the units

Kilobits (kbit)
Kilobits, a metric unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).
Bytes (B)
Bytes, a specialised unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).

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