MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

Quick look

Price: £2,349²launch price
Chip: Core i72.6GHz quad-core Intel
CPU: 4-coreCPU
GPU: Not available³GPU
Memory: 16GBmemory, base
Storage: 256GBstorage, base
Display: 15.4-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.

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the footprint from above with the closed height beneath it. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 15.5 x 349.3 x 240.7 mm
Weight: 1.83 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: 15.4 in
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Pixel density: 220 ppi
Display type: Retina display
Brightness: 500 nits
Wide colour (P3): Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Apple silicon: Intel processor, not Apple silicon.⁶
CPU cores: 4
Graphics: Radeon Pro 450 with 2GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching; Intel HD Graphics 530
Chip options: 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz; 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz; configurable to 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
Memory (base): 16GB
Memory (maximum): 16GB
Memory options: 16GB
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁸
Storage (base): 256GB
Storage (maximum): 2TB
Storage options: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB

Battery and power

Battery capacity: 76 Wh
Rated charge cycles: 1,000 cycles⁹
Video playback (claimed): 10 h
Wireless web (claimed): 10 h
Included power adapter: 87 W
Fast charging: No fast charging.¹⁰

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): 4

Camera and audio

Camera: 720p FaceTime HD camera
Speakers: Stereo speakers with high dynamic range
Microphones: Three microphones

Platform

Shipped with: macOS Sierra⁴
Newest macOS: macOS Monterey¹¹
Model identifier: MacBookPro13,3¹¹
Part numbers: MLH32xx/A, MLH42xx/A, MLH52xx/A, MLW72xx/A, MLW82xx/A, MLW92xx/A¹²
Model year: 2016

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core): 993¹³
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core): 3,571¹³

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available¹⁴
endoflife.date lists security support for Monterey as ended: 16 September 2024⁵
Basis: endoflife.date’s listed end of security support for Monterey¹⁵

Previous and next model

Previous model

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), May 2015

What changed

Weight: 2.04 kg MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)1.83 kg MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Ports: MagSafe 2 power port, two Thunderbolt 2 ports (up to 20 Gbps), two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps), HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, SDXC card slot MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, 3.5 mm headphone jack MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Thunderbolt ports: 2 MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)4 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Brightness: 300 nits MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)500 nits MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Chip: 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Battery capacity: 99.5 Wh MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)76 Wh MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Video playback (claimed): 9 h MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)10 h MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

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