15 MB JPG sample

A JPG file of exactly 15,728,640 bytes. It is a valid JPEG image file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 15 MB sample, test or dummy JPG file.

sample-jpg-15mb.jpg

15 MB15,728,640 bytes

Download 15 MB JPG

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Type: image/jpeg
SHA-256: d2ef490a4b6a5b828da6f22d37aaf8427db49eb5036290d4894b55e39c52c89f
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A 6343 × 4757 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 1,018 bytes of JPEG comment (COM) segment bring the file to the exact size.

Dimensions	6,343 × 4,757 px
Encoding	Baseline DCT, Huffman
Chroma subsampling	4:4:4
Quality	90
Metadata	JFIF header and a comment, no EXIF
Progressive	No

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-jpg-15mb.jpg as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The JPG signature is FF D8 FF.

00000000  ff d8 ff e0 00 10 4a 46  49 46 00 01 01 01 00 48 |......JFIF.....H|
00000010  00 48 00 00 ff fe 03 f8  53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 |.H......SampleTe|
00000020  73 74 46 69 6c 65 73 20  73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 4a |stFiles sample J|
00000030  50 45 47 2e 20 50 61 64  64 69 6e 67 3a 20 2e 2e |PEG. Padding: ..|

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Where 15 MB matters

A 15,728,640-byte file, 15 MB in the binary units that operating systems and upload limits use. It is useful wherever a form, an API gateway, a storage quota or a mail server is configured with a limit of about this size.

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Use this file for

Measuring download speed from your own server or CDN
Testing lazy loading and responsive images
Testing image upload, resize and thumbnail pipelines

Testing notes for JPG

Photos from phones carry EXIF data including location; the samples here contain none.
A small file can decode to a huge bitmap. Validate pixel dimensions as well as bytes, or a 5 MB upload can demand hundreds of megabytes of memory.

JPG format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-jpg-15mb.jpg
Format	JPG (JPEG image)
Extension	.jpg
MIME type	image/jpeg
Size	15,728,640 bytes (15 MB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	FF D8 FF
SHA-256	d2ef490a4b6a5b828da6f22d37aaf8427db49eb5036290d4894b55e39c52c89f
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	Images

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sha256sum sample-jpg-15mb.jpg     # Linux
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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 15 MB?: Yes. It is 15,728,640 bytes, which is 15 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 15 MB JPG file?: A 6343 × 4757 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 1,018 bytes of JPEG comment (COM) segment bring the file to the exact size.
Why do larger samples have larger pixel dimensions?: The quality setting is fixed at 90, so the only way to reach a bigger file is a bigger picture. The dimensions are listed on each download page.

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