2 MB JPG sample file

A JPG file of exactly 2,097,152 bytes. It is a valid JPEG image file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser. Use it wherever you need a 2 MB sample, test or dummy JPG file.

sample-jpg-2mb.jpg

2 MB2,097,152 bytes

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Type: image/jpeg
SHA-256: f793d9ee0285438eca91fe7281685c1d85c0fa7e0c4aaf64a919c3f1c392827a
Delivery: Created in your browser. Files of 2 MB and more have no direct URL (why).

What is in this file

A 2256 × 1692 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 3,550 bytes of JPEG comment (COM) segment bring the file to the exact size.

Dimensions	2,256 × 1,692 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-2mb.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 0d dc 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 2 MB matters

A 2,097,152-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of PHP, and twice the default of nginx and Spring Boot. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
PHP	2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize)	A file of exactly 2 MB is accepted; one byte more is refused.
nginx	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Rejected with 413 Request Entity Too Large.
Spring Boot multipart	1 MB per file by default (max-file-size)	Rejected unless the property is raised.
Django	2.5 MB in memory by default	2 MB is held in memory; the 5 MB sample is streamed to a temporary file.
Vercel Functions	4.5 MB request body	Accepted, including as base64 at about 2.8 MB.

All 2 MB sample files

Use this file for

Finding out whether a 1 MB default has been raised
Checking maximum file-size and dimension rules
Measuring image optimisation

Testing notes for JPG

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.
Re-saving a JPEG loses quality each time, so pipelines should resize from the original.

JPG format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-jpg-2mb.jpg
Format	JPG (JPEG image)
Extension	.jpg
MIME type	image/jpeg
Size	2,097,152 bytes (2 MB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	FF D8 FF
SHA-256	f793d9ee0285438eca91fe7281685c1d85c0fa7e0c4aaf64a919c3f1c392827a
Created	2026-10-14
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the generator was built; your copy is checked against the SHA-256 after it is created
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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This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The bytes are the same every time and in every browser, so after saving it you can compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

sha256sum sample-jpg-2mb.jpg     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-jpg-2mb.jpg # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-jpg-2mb.jpg -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. For scripts and pipelines, save the file once and keep your own copy, or use a 1 MB file, which has a direct URL.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 2 MB?: Yes. It is 2,097,152 bytes, which is 2 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 2 MB JPG file?: A 2866 × 2148 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 22,771 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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