diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/buffer.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/buffer.hpp
index 7cf5a0e2be62e..240c332c910b4 100755
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/buffer.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/buffer.hpp
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ class buffer {
   size_t get_count() const { return size(); }
   size_t size() const noexcept { return Range.size(); }
 
-  size_t get_size() const { return size() * sizeof(T); }
+  __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED(
+      "get_size() is deprecated, please use byte_size() instead")
+  size_t get_size() const { return byte_size(); }
+  size_t byte_size() const noexcept { return size() * sizeof(T); }
 
   AllocatorT get_allocator() const {
     return impl->template get_allocator<AllocatorT>();
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ class buffer {
   template <typename ReinterpretT, int ReinterpretDim>
   buffer<ReinterpretT, ReinterpretDim, AllocatorT>
   reinterpret(range<ReinterpretDim> reinterpretRange) const {
-    if (sizeof(ReinterpretT) * reinterpretRange.size() != get_size())
+    if (sizeof(ReinterpretT) * reinterpretRange.size() != byte_size())
       throw cl::sycl::invalid_object_error(
           "Total size in bytes represented by the type and range of the "
           "reinterpreted SYCL buffer does not equal the total size in bytes "
@@ -369,7 +372,7 @@ class buffer {
                                 (sizeof(ReinterpretT) != sizeof(T))),
       buffer<ReinterpretT, ReinterpretDim, AllocatorT>>::type
   reinterpret() const {
-    long sz = get_size(); // TODO: switch to byte_size() once implemented
+    long sz = byte_size();
     if (sz % sizeof(ReinterpretT) != 0)
       throw cl::sycl::invalid_object_error(
           "Total byte size of buffer is not evenly divisible by the size of "
diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
index 602b54a1bcca0..3387c3cc0407b 100644
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
@@ -805,7 +805,10 @@ template <typename Type, int NumElements> class vec {
   __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED("get_count() is deprecated, please use size() instead")
   static constexpr size_t get_count() { return size(); }
   static constexpr size_t size() noexcept { return NumElements; }
-  static constexpr size_t get_size() { return sizeof(m_Data); }
+  __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED(
+      "get_size() is deprecated, please use byte_size() instead")
+  static constexpr size_t get_size() { return byte_size(); }
+  static constexpr size_t byte_size() { return sizeof(m_Data); }
 
   template <typename convertT,
             rounding_mode roundingMode = rounding_mode::automatic>
@@ -1400,7 +1403,15 @@ class SwizzleOp {
   __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED("get_count() is deprecated, please use size() instead")
   size_t get_count() const { return size(); }
   size_t size() const noexcept { return getNumElements(); }
-  template <int Num = getNumElements()> size_t get_size() const {
+
+  template <int Num = getNumElements()>
+  __SYCL2020_DEPRECATED(
+      "get_size() is deprecated, please use byte_size() instead")
+  size_t get_size() const {
+    return byte_size<Num>();
+  }
+
+  template <int Num = getNumElements()> size_t byte_size() const noexcept {
     return sizeof(DataT) * (Num == 3 ? 4 : Num);
   }
 
diff --git a/sycl/test/warnings/sycl_2020_deprecations.cpp b/sycl/test/warnings/sycl_2020_deprecations.cpp
index 218f2ac5e0591..d99b34eff1880 100644
--- a/sycl/test/warnings/sycl_2020_deprecations.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/warnings/sycl_2020_deprecations.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ int main() {
   // expected-warning@+1{{'get_count' is deprecated: get_count() is deprecated, please use size() instead}}
   size_t BufferGetCount = Buffer.get_count();
   size_t BufferSize = Buffer.size();
+  // expected-warning@+1 {{'get_size' is deprecated: get_size() is deprecated, please use byte_size() instead}}
+  size_t BufferGetSize = Buffer.get_size();
+
+  sycl::vec<int, 2> Vec(1, 2);
+  // expected-warning@+1{{'get_count' is deprecated: get_count() is deprecated, please use size() instead}}
+  size_t VecGetCount = Vec.get_count();
+  // expected-warning@+1 {{'get_size' is deprecated: get_size() is deprecated, please use byte_size() instead}}
+  size_t VecGetSize = Vec.get_size();
 
   // expected-warning@+1 {{'runtime_error' is deprecated: use sycl::exception with sycl::errc::runtime instead.}}
   sycl::runtime_error re;