3.6 gigabytes
3.6 GBData · definition
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
Data & storage
Just how much data is 3.6 gigabytes?
Devices
3.6 GB
BYTES OF DATA
3.6 gigabytes
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000.
3.6 GBData
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One hour of video
A one-hour digital video recording with sound, encoded at a specified bitrate.
3.6 GBData
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Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
A little perspective
3.6 gigabytes is approximately equal to the data size of one hour of video.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
3.6 gigabytes
Data: 3.6 GB; definition.
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
One hour of video
Data: 3.6 GB; example.
A one-hour video at 8 Mbit/s including all streams in the chosen bitrate; overhead ignored.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
Compare 3.6 gigabytes with the data size of one hour of video. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
One hour of video
3.6 GBData · example
A one-hour video at 8 Mbit/s including all streams in the chosen bitrate; overhead ignored.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ Data
- Relative size
- 3.6 gigabytes is approximately equal to the data size of one hour of video.
How to read the visual
The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
- The data size of one hour of video: This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same.
Data size depends on encoding and compression; decimal GB and binary GiB are different units.
3.6 × 10⁹ Bbytes
3.3528 GiBgibibytes
0.0036 TBterabytes
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