"max 24 bits, average 17 bits"
The very least, it will get packed into a 24bit container.
If you were to apply filtering to it of some sort (i think even just volume increase), and save it, it will give a full 24bit file and you can compare the two sizes.
The filtered one will be a bigger size.
I'd gather MediaInfo is just rounding to nearest (16).
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