5 MB JPG sample file
A JPG file of exactly 5,242,880 bytes. It is a valid JPEG image file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.
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- Type
- image/jpeg
- SHA-256
e8c8cd9b681d3f3f7f924df33b23a7dc31b1635fdc81d6f9efd5f4046d91a1a4- Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/jpg/sample-jpg-5mb.jpg
What is in this file
A 4568 × 3426 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 54,966 bytes of JPEG comment (COM) segment bring the file to the exact size.
| Dimensions | 4,568 × 3,426 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-5mb.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 00 00 01 |......JFIF......|
00000010 00 01 00 00 ff fe d6 b4 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 |........SampleTe|
00000020 73 74 46 69 6c 65 73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 69 |stFiles sample i|
00000030 6d 61 67 65 2e 20 41 6c 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 |mage. Alignment |Preview
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Where 5 MB matters
A 5,242,880-byte file: the size of a phone photo and the minimum part size for S3 multipart uploads. 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 5 MB upload fails on an untuned PHP installation. |
| Vercel Functions | 4.5 MB request body | Larger uploads must go directly to object storage. |
| Amazon S3 multipart upload | 5 MiB minimum part size | This file is exactly one minimum part. |
| AWS Lambda | 6 MB synchronous invocation payload | 5 MB of binary data exceeds it once base64-encoded. |
| Browser localStorage | About 5 MB per origin | Storing this file as text fills the quota. |
| Django | 2.5 MB in memory by default | Larger uploads are streamed to a temporary file instead of held in memory. |
Use this file for
- Simulating photo uploads from phones
- Testing image upload, resize and thumbnail pipelines
- Checking maximum file-size and dimension rules
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.
Technical details
| File name | sample-jpg-5mb.jpg |
|---|---|
| Format | JPG (JPEG image) |
| Extension | .jpg |
| MIME type | image/jpeg |
| Size | 5,242,880 bytes (5 MB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | FF D8 FF |
| SHA-256 | e8c8cd9b681d3f3f7f924df33b23a7dc31b1635fdc81d6f9efd5f4046d91a1a4 |
| Created | 2026-10-10 |
| Validation | Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Images |
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shasum -a 256 sample-jpg-5mb.jpg # macOSOn Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-jpg-5mb.jpg -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 5 MB?
- Yes. It is 5,242,880 bytes, which is 5 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 5 MB JPG file?
- A 4568 × 3426 test card with fine grain, encoded as a baseline JPEG at quality 90. 54,966 bytes of JPEG comment (COM) segment bring the file to the exact size.
- What do the sample JPGs show?
- A test card with colour bars, a grey ramp, a checkerboard and a gradient, with light grain so the file compresses like a photograph.