diff --git a/cli/pkg/detect/collector.go b/cli/pkg/detect/collector.go
index 3deb2eee..ddebeace 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/detect/collector.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/detect/collector.go
@@ -1664,9 +1664,11 @@ func (c *Collector) getWorkloadPressure() WorkloadPressure {
 		return wp
 	}
 
-	// Per-node accumulation
+	// Per-node accumulation. Memory adds up in MiB and becomes GiB once:
+	// converted per container, every request under 1Gi counted as nothing.
 	nodeCPU := make(map[string]int)
-	nodeMem := make(map[string]int)
+	nodeMemMiB := make(map[string]float64)
+	var totalMemMiB float64
 
 	for _, pod := range data.Items {
 		wp.TotalPods++
@@ -1675,7 +1677,7 @@ func (c *Collector) getWorkloadPressure() WorkloadPressure {
 		}
 		for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 			cpuStr := c.Resources.Requests.CPU
-			memStr := c.Resources.Requests.Memory
+			memMiB := memoryMiB(c.Resources.Requests.Memory)
 
 			// Parse CPU
 			cpuM := 0
@@ -1686,30 +1688,19 @@ func (c *Collector) getWorkloadPressure() WorkloadPressure {
 				cpuM = cores * 1000
 			}
 
-			// Parse Memory (to GiB, approximate)
-			memGi := 0
-			if strings.HasSuffix(memStr, "Gi") {
-				memGi, _ = strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(memStr, "Gi"))
-			} else if strings.HasSuffix(memStr, "Mi") {
-				mi, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(memStr, "Mi"))
-				memGi = mi / 1024 // rough conversion
-			} else if strings.HasSuffix(memStr, "Ki") {
-				ki, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(memStr, "Ki"))
-				memGi = ki / 1048576
-			}
-
 			wp.TotalCPURequests += cpuM
-			wp.TotalMemRequests += memGi
+			totalMemMiB += memMiB
 			nodeCPU[pod.Spec.NodeName] += cpuM
-			nodeMem[pod.Spec.NodeName] += memGi
+			nodeMemMiB[pod.Spec.NodeName] += memMiB
 		}
 	}
+	wp.TotalMemRequests = int(totalMemMiB / 1024)
 
 	for node, cpu := range nodeCPU {
 		wp.PerNode = append(wp.PerNode, NodePressure{
 			Name:         node,
 			CPURequested: cpu,
-			MemRequested: nodeMem[node],
+			MemRequested: int(nodeMemMiB[node] / 1024),
 		})
 	}
 	sort.Slice(wp.PerNode, func(i, j int) bool {
@@ -1719,6 +1710,33 @@ func (c *Collector) getWorkloadPressure() WorkloadPressure {
 	return wp
 }
 
+// memUnits are the Kubernetes memory quantity suffixes, in bytes. "Mi" and "M"
+// cannot both match: a binary suffix ends in "i".
+var memUnits = []struct {
+	suffix string
+	bytes  float64
+}{
+	{"Ki", 1 << 10}, {"Mi", 1 << 20}, {"Gi", 1 << 30}, {"Ti", 1 << 40},
+	{"k", 1e3}, {"M", 1e6}, {"G", 1e9}, {"T", 1e12},
+}
+
+// memoryMiB reads a memory request as MiB: a number of bytes, with or without
+// one of memUnits. Anything else, a missing request included, reads as 0.
+func memoryMiB(quantity string) float64 {
+	bytes := 1.0
+	for _, u := range memUnits {
+		if n, ok := strings.CutSuffix(quantity, u.suffix); ok {
+			quantity, bytes = n, u.bytes
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	n, err := strconv.ParseFloat(quantity, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return n * bytes / (1 << 20)
+}
+
 func hydrateWorkloadPressure(nodes []NodeInfo, wp WorkloadPressure) WorkloadPressure {
 	requests := map[string]NodePressure{}
 	for _, node := range wp.PerNode {
diff --git a/cli/pkg/detect/collector_test.go b/cli/pkg/detect/collector_test.go
index 1b6fbb63..93d5d58d 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/detect/collector_test.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/detect/collector_test.go
@@ -579,3 +579,50 @@ func TestCollect_ReadOnlyIssuesNoWrites(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ClusterDomain = %q, want the cluster.local default", report.Network.ClusterDomain)
 	}
 }
+
+// Each container's request was cut to whole GiB, so 256Mi counted as 0, and
+// 100 pods of two 256Mi containers requested nothing: the capacity check said
+// Sufficient, and broker sizing took that memory as free.
+func TestGetWorkloadPressure_SumsMemoryBeforeRounding(t *testing.T) {
+	pod := func(node string) string {
+		return `{"metadata":{"namespace":"apps"},"spec":{"nodeName":"` + node + `","containers":[` +
+			`{"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"100m","memory":"256Mi"}}},` +
+			`{"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"100m","memory":"256Mi"}}}]}}`
+	}
+	pods := make([]string, 100)
+	for i := range pods {
+		pods[i] = pod(fmt.Sprintf("node-%d", i%2))
+	}
+	m := NewMockExecutor()
+	m.Set(`{"items":[`+strings.Join(pods, ",")+`]}`,
+		"kubectl", "get", "pods", "-A", "-o", "json", "--field-selector=status.phase=Running")
+
+	wp := NewCollector(m).getWorkloadPressure()
+	if wp.TotalPods != 100 || wp.TotalMemRequests != 50 {
+		t.Errorf("%d pods requesting %d GiB, want 100 pods requesting 50 GiB", wp.TotalPods, wp.TotalMemRequests)
+	}
+	for _, node := range wp.PerNode {
+		if node.MemRequested != 25 {
+			t.Errorf("%s requests %d GiB, want 25", node.Name, node.MemRequested)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMemoryMiB(t *testing.T) {
+	for quantity, want := range map[string]float64{
+		"256Mi":     256,
+		"2Gi":       2048,
+		"0.5Gi":     512,
+		"524288Ki":  512,
+		"268435456": 256,
+		"1Ti":       1 << 20,
+		"1G":        1e9 / (1 << 20),
+		"500M":      500e6 / (1 << 20),
+		"":          0,
+		"lots":      0,
+	} {
+		if got := memoryMiB(quantity); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("memoryMiB(%q) = %v, want %v", quantity, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}