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[This answer assumes the asker meant to say "difference between MB and GB")]

A MB, or megabyte is 106 (1,000,000) bytes of space.

A GB, or gigabyte is 109 (1,000,000,000) bytes of space.

Unfortunately most computer operating systems and software (including Windows) incorrectly refer to MB and GB when they mean MiB and GiB leading to a public confusing of the true meaning of GB and MB.

A MiB, or Mebibyte is 220 (1,048,576) bytes of space.

A GiB, or Gibibyte is 230 (1,073,741,824) bytes of space.

In either case the difference is that a GB is approximately one thousand times as large as a MB.

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