Compare two masses
Compare two masses in the same unit and see how far apart they are.
Two parcels have masses of 800 g and 1,000 g. The gap is 200 g and the second mass is 1.25 times the first.
Compare two masses
Compare two masses in the same unit and see how far apart they are.
Useful for recipes, packages, laboratory samples and everyday comparisons.
Example
With A = 10 and B = 15, the absolute gap is 5 units. The bars make the difference visible before the detailed result.
How to read the result
The gap is the absolute difference between A and B. The ratio answers “how many times?”, while the percentage difference compares the gap with the average magnitude of the two values.
A percentage difference is useful for relative comparison, but it does not replace the absolute gap. Always keep the unit and the real-world scale in view.
Percentage difference is symmetric: swapping A and B does not change the result. Percentage change is directional and does change when the reference value changes.