5 MB PDF sample file
A PDF file of exactly 5,242,880 bytes. It is a valid Portable Document Format file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.
Download
sample-pdf-5mb.pdf
5 MB5,242,880 bytes
Download 5 MB PDFDirect download. No sign-up and no waiting.
- Type
- application/pdf
- SHA-256
f754cda0c4540379a52e873e463b676958aa443c2877efdc7dcb610c47db9a35- Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/pdf/sample-pdf-5mb.pdf
What is in this file
9 pages of selectable text followed by 2 full-page test-card images stored as uncompressed RGB, which is what gives the file its size. 3,061 bytes of PDF comment lines before the cross-reference table bring the file to the exact size.
| Pages | 11 |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4 (595 × 842 pt) |
| PDF version | 1.4 |
| Fonts | Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold (standard, not embedded) |
| Images | 2 uncompressed RGB |
| Encrypted | No |
| Text selectable | Yes |
First bytes of the file
The first 64 bytes of sample-pdf-5mb.pdf as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The PDF signature is 25 50 44 46 2D.
00000000 25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 34 0a 25 e2 e3 cf d3 0a 31 |%PDF-1.4.%.....1|
00000010 20 30 20 6f 62 6a 0a 3c 3c 20 2f 54 79 70 65 20 | 0 obj.<< /Type |
00000020 2f 43 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 20 2f 50 61 67 65 73 20 |/Catalog /Pages |
00000030 32 20 30 20 52 20 3e 3e 0a 65 6e 64 6f 62 6a 0a |2 0 R >>.endobj.|Preview
Loads the whole 5 MB file in your browser.
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 document upload forms and size limits
- Checking in-browser PDF previews
Testing notes for PDF
- Page count and file size are unrelated: one scanned page can be larger than a 300-page text document.
- A file cut off before its final "%%EOF" marker usually cannot be opened, which makes PDF a good format for detecting truncated transfers.
Technical details
| File name | sample-pdf-5mb.pdf |
|---|---|
| Format | PDF (Portable Document Format) |
| Extension | |
| MIME type | application/pdf |
| Size | 5,242,880 bytes (5 MB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | 25 50 44 46 2D |
| SHA-256 | f754cda0c4540379a52e873e463b676958aa443c2877efdc7dcb610c47db9a35 |
| 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 | Documents |
Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked
Download from the command line and verify
Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.
curl -o sample-pdf-5mb.pdf 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/pdf/sample-pdf-5mb.pdf'
sha256sum sample-pdf-5mb.pdf # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-pdf-5mb.pdf # macOSOn Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-pdf-5mb.pdf -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.
Related files
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 PDF file?
- 9 pages of selectable text followed by 2 full-page test-card images stored as uncompressed RGB, which is what gives the file its size. 3,061 bytes of PDF comment lines before the cross-reference table bring the file to the exact size.
- Do the sample PDFs contain selectable text?
- Yes. Every sample has real text set in the standard Helvetica font, so you can test text extraction and search. The larger files add full-page images to reach their size.