Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M5)
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| AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) | AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M5) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | October 2016 | October 2025 |
| Display | ||
| Screen size | 13.3″ | 14.2″ |
| Resolution | 2560 × 1600 | 3024 × 1964 (better) |
| Panel | IPS LCD | Mini-LED |
| Refresh rate | – | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits | 1,000 nits (better) |
| HDR peak brightness | – | 1,600 nits |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Display type | Retina display; LED-backlit IPS; millions of colours | Liquid Retina XDR display |
| Pixel density | 227 ppi | 254 ppi |
| Colour range | Wide colour (P3) | Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours |
| Screen finish | – | Standard, or nano-texture as an option |
| Display features | Scaled resolutions of 1680 × 1050, 1440 × 900 or 1024 × 640 | 1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen XDR brightness; ProMotion up to 120 Hz, with fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone |
| Performance | ||
| Processor | Intel Core i5-6360U or Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple M5 |
| CPU cores | 2 | 10 |
| CPU threads | 4 | – |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Graphics 540 | 10-core GPU |
| Memory | 8 GB or 16 GB | 16 GB, 24 GB or 32 GB (better) |
| Storage | 256 GB to 1 TB | 1 TB to 4 TB (better) |
| CPU | Dual-core Intel Core i5 at 2.0 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz, configurable to dual-core Core i7 at 2.4 GHz with up to 3.4 GHz; both have 4 MB shared L3 cache. AppleInsider confirms the i5-6360U; ComputerBase's configuration table confirms the i7-6660U. | 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores |
| GPU | Intel Iris Graphics 540 integrated graphics | Neural Accelerators; hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW acceleration and AV1 decode |
| AI engine | – | 16-core Neural Engine |
| Memory type | 8 GB of 1866 MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory, configurable to 16 GB | Unified memory |
| Memory bandwidth | – | 153 GB/s |
| Storage type | 256 GB PCIe-based SSD, configurable to 512 GB or 1 TB | SSD, configurable up to 4 TB |
| Battery and size | ||
| Battery life (maker's claim) | Up to 10 hours | Up to 24 hours |
| Battery capacity | 54.5 Wh | 72.4 Wh (better) |
| Weight | 1.37 kg (better) | 1.55 kg |
| Thickness | 14.9 mm (better) | 15.5 mm |
| Width × depth | 304.1 × 212.4 mm | 312.6 × 221.2 mm |
| Battery life detail | Lithium-polymer battery; up to 10 hours wireless web or iTunes movie playback and 30 days standby. Apple's October 2016 tests used the 2.0 GHz Core i5, 8 GB memory and 256 GB SSD. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process. | Up to 16 hours wireless web; lithium-polymer battery |
| Charger | 61 W USB-C Power Adapter | Sold separately in the UK (70 W or 96 W Apple USB-C adapters offered); needs at least 60 W over USB PD |
| Fast charging | – | With a 96 W or higher USB PD power source |
| Materials | Aluminium enclosure | 100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 45% recycled content overall |
| Colours | Silver; Space Grey | Space Black, Silver |
| Connections | ||
| Ports | 2 × Thunderbolt 3, headphone jack | 3 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Webcam | 720p FaceTime HD | 12MP Center Stage |
| Operating system | macOS | macOS |
| Port detail | Two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports support charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt up to 40 Gb/s and USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s; 3.5 mm headphone jack. VGA, HDMI and Thunderbolt 2 require separate adaptors. | 3 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s); HDMI with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support |
| External displays | Built-in screen plus one 5120 × 2880 display at 60 Hz with over a billion colours, or two 4096 × 2304 displays at 60 Hz with over a billion colours | Up to two over any mix of Thunderbolt and HDMI at 6K 60 Hz or 4K 144 Hz, or one at up to 8K 60 Hz, 5K 120 Hz or 4K 240 Hz, alongside the built-in display |
| Keyboard | Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, including 12 function keys and four arrow keys; ambient light sensor | Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (ANSI) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys |
| Trackpad | Force Touch trackpad with pressure sensing, Force clicks and Multi-Touch gestures | Force Touch trackpad |
| Speakers | Stereo speakers with high dynamic range | Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos |
| Microphones | Two microphones | Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming; Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes |
| Biometrics | – | Touch ID |
| In the box | 13-inch MacBook Pro; 61 W USB-C Power Adapter; 2 m USB-C Charge Cable | 14-inch MacBook Pro, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only); power adapter sold separately |
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