Financial report context:
table of contents the following table presents certain payments due by the company under contractual obligations with minimum firm commitments as of september 28 , 2013 and excludes amounts already recorded on the consolidated balance sheet , except for long-term debt ( in millions ) : lease commitments the company 2019s major facility leases are typically for terms not exceeding 10 years and generally provide renewal options for terms not exceeding five additional years . leases for retail space are for terms ranging from five to 20 years , the majority of which are for 10 years , and often contain multi-year renewal options . as of september 28 , 2013 , the company 2019s total future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases were $ 4.7 billion , of which $ 3.5 billion related to leases for retail space . purchase commitments with outsourcing partners and component suppliers the company utilizes several outsourcing partners to manufacture sub-assemblies for the company 2019s products and to perform final assembly and testing of finished products . these outsourcing partners acquire components and build product based on demand information supplied by the company , which typically covers periods up to 150 days . the company also obtains individual components for its products from a wide variety of individual suppliers . consistent with industry practice , the company acquires components through a combination of purchase orders , supplier contracts , and open orders based on projected demand information . where appropriate , the purchases are applied to inventory component prepayments that are outstanding with the respective supplier . as of september 28 , 2013 , the company had outstanding off-balance sheet third- party manufacturing commitments and component purchase commitments of $ 18.6 billion . other obligations in addition to the off-balance sheet commitments mentioned above , the company had outstanding obligations of $ 1.3 billion as of september 28 , 2013 , that consisted mainly of commitments to acquire capital assets , including product tooling and manufacturing process equipment , and commitments related to advertising , research and development , internet and telecommunications services and other obligations . the company 2019s other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets consist primarily of deferred tax liabilities , gross unrecognized tax benefits and the related gross interest and penalties . as of september 28 , 2013 , the company had non-current deferred tax liabilities of $ 16.5 billion . additionally , as of september 28 , 2013 , the company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $ 2.7 billion and an additional $ 590 million for gross interest and penalties classified as non-current liabilities . at this time , the company is unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with these tax liabilities ; therefore , such amounts are not included in the above contractual obligation table . indemnification the company generally does not indemnify end-users of its operating system and application software against legal claims that the software infringes third-party intellectual property rights . other agreements entered into by payments due in than 1 payments due in payments due in payments due in than 5 years total .

Financial table:
payments due in less than1 year: long-term debt; payments due in 1-3 years: $ 0; payments due in 4-5 years: $ 2500; payments due in more than5 years: $ 6000; total: $ 8500; column_6: $ 17000
payments due in less than1 year: operating leases; payments due in 1-3 years: 610; payments due in 4-5 years: 1200; payments due in more than5 years: 1056; total: 1855; column_6: 4721
payments due in less than1 year: purchase obligations; payments due in 1-3 years: 18616; payments due in 4-5 years: 0; payments due in more than5 years: 0; total: 0; column_6: 18616
payments due in less than1 year: other obligations; payments due in 1-3 years: 1081; payments due in 4-5 years: 248; payments due in more than5 years: 16; total: 3; column_6: 1348
payments due in less than1 year: total; payments due in 1-3 years: $ 20307; payments due in 4-5 years: $ 3948; payments due in more than5 years: $ 7072; total: $ 10358; column_6: $ 41685

Additional report context:
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Question: as of september 28 , 2013 , the company had non-current deferred tax liabilities of $ 16.5 billion . what was the difference between this and the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits , in billions?
Answer: 13.8