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Why does system monitor show slightly MORE memory than I have?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 438 / 1 Year ago, mon, may 8, 2023, 12:42:01

The screenshot says it all. The RAM sticks report 16GB each, but System monitor shows 33.5GBs. This is an ASUS ROG Strix laptop from 3 years ago, but I only noticed now:

On the other hand, "About" shows a different story:

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answered 1 Year ago assionortly · Accepted Answer

Traditionally, a "gigabyte" is measured as a multiple of 1024. But that isn't very metric thus a "gigabyte" is now measured by a multiple of 1000.

Your device has 32 × 1024 ³ = 34359738368 bytes of RAM. By the newer definition that's 34.4 GB. Some RAM is reserved for the firmware hence your number of 33.5 GB.