MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Quick look
- Price
- £1,7492launch price
- Chip
- Core i52.9GHz dual-core Intel
- CPU
- 2-coreCPU
- GPU
- Not available3GPU
- Memory
- 8GBmemory, base
- Storage
- 256GBstorage, base
- Display
- 13.3-inchdisplay
- Battery life
- Up to10 hrsvideo playback, claimed
- Released
- 27 October 20164Announced, no on-sale date given
- Security updates
- 16 September 20245Security updates ended
Each figure is from the source marked1 unless it carries its own number.
Specifications
Body
- Dimensions
- 14.9 x 304.1 x 212.4 mm
- Weight
- 1.37 kg
- Colours
- Silver, Space Gray
- Ports
- Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Thunderbolt ports
- 4
- Thunderbolt version
- Thunderbolt 3
- USB-A ports
- No USB-A ports.6
- HDMI
- No HDMI port.7
- SD card slot
- No SD card slot.7
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- MagSafe
- No MagSafe port.6
- Keyboard
- Full-size backlit keyboard with Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor
- Touch ID
- Yes
- Touch Bar
- Yes
Display
- Display size
- 13.3 in
- Resolution
- 2560 x 1600
- Pixel density
- 227 ppi
- Display type
- Retina display
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Wide colour (P3)
- Yes
Chip and memory
- Chip
- 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
- Apple silicon
- Intel processor, not Apple silicon.6
- CPU cores
- 2
- Graphics
- Intel Iris Graphics 550
- Chip options
- 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz; configurable to 3.1GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz, or 3.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
- Memory (base)
- 8GB
- Memory (maximum)
- 16GB
- Memory options
- 8GB or 16GB
- Memory upgradeable by user
- No, as Apple documents8
- Storage (base)
- 256GB
- Storage (maximum)
- 1TB
- Storage options
- 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
Battery and power
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
- Bluetooth
- 4.2
- Ethernet
- No Ethernet port.7
- External displays (base)
- 2
Camera and audio
- Camera
- 720p FaceTime HD camera
- Speakers
- Stereo speakers with high dynamic range
- Microphones
- Three microphones
Platform
Software support
Previous and next model
Next model
What changed
- Chip
- 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)3.1GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- When does the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) stop getting updates?
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- 3 reviews of the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
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Comparisons
Against its own line
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
Against the rest of the range
Sources
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Unveils Groundbreaking New MacBook Pro ·
↩Not published by Apple.
↩Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Unveils Groundbreaking New MacBook Pro ·
↩endoflife.date — Apple macOS ·
↩No USB-A ports. No MagSafe port. Intel processor, not Apple silicon.
↩No HDMI port. No SD card slot. No fast charging. No Ethernet port.
↩Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) ·
↩Feature updates: end date not published by Apple.
↩This is endoflife.date’s cycle end for Monterey, not necessarily the day of Apple’s last patch. The newest macOS Apple lists this Mac for is macOS Monterey. endoflife.date records security updates for Monterey as ended on 16 September 2024.
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Not published by Apple
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: refresh rate, nano-texture option, GPU cores, storage upgradeable by user. Geekbench 7 Metal: the Mac chart has no Metal score for this Mac (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) - Technical Specifications; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Unveils Groundbreaking New MacBook Pro; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model, read 9 Oct 2026.