50 MB glTF sample

A glTF file of exactly 52,428,800 bytes. It is a valid GL Transmission Format file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 50 MB sample, test or dummy glTF file.

sample-gltf-50mb.gltf

50 MB52,428,800 bytes

Download 50 MB glTF

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Type: model/gltf+json
SHA-256: 470c3944e627a5184c6a672e33099990104dfe89187cf29bc4f1b362d7b16572
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A glTF 2.0 scene with one mesh: a height-field terrain of 524,176 vertices and 1,045,458 triangles, stored in a base64 buffer inside the JSON. A padding string in the top-level "extras" member brings the file to the exact size.

Vertices	524,176
Triangles	1,045,458
glTF version	2.0
Buffers	1 (embedded, base64)
Materials	None (default)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-gltf-50mb.gltf, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  7b 22 61 73 73 65 74 22  3a 7b 22 76 65 72 73 69 |{"asset":{"versi|
00000010  6f 6e 22 3a 22 32 2e 30  22 2c 22 67 65 6e 65 72 |on":"2.0","gener|
00000020  61 74 6f 72 22 3a 22 53  61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 73 |ator":"SampleTes|
00000030  74 46 69 6c 65 73 20 73  61 6d 70 6c 65 20 66 69 |tFiles sample fi|

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Where 50 MB matters

A 52,428,800-byte file: exactly the size at which Git hosting on GitHub starts warning about large files, and about the limit for a zipped AWS Lambda package uploaded directly.

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Use this file for

Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
Testing 3D upload and web preview
Checking loaders with embedded and external buffers

Testing notes for glTF

A file can declare extensions it requires, such as Draco mesh compression. A loader without that extension has to refuse the file.
A .gltf file often refers to separate .bin and texture files. Uploading the JSON alone gives a model with no geometry. The samples here embed their data, so one file is enough.

glTF format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-gltf-50mb.gltf
Format	glTF (GL Transmission Format)
Extension	.gltf
MIME type	model/gltf+json
Size	52,428,800 bytes (50 MB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	470c3944e627a5184c6a672e33099990104dfe89187cf29bc4f1b362d7b16572
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	3D Models

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 50 MB?: Yes. It is 52,428,800 bytes, which is 50 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 50 MB glTF file?: A glTF 2.0 scene with one mesh: a height-field terrain of 524,176 vertices and 1,045,458 triangles, stored in a base64 buffer inside the JSON. A padding string in the top-level "extras" member brings the file to the exact size.
Do the glTF samples need a separate .bin file?: No. The vertex and index data are embedded in the JSON as a base64 data URI, so each sample is a single self-contained file.

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