15" 2016 MBP vs 2019 16" MBP

[kart]

Hi all,

I currently have a 15" 2016 MBP (first of the newer gen's) 512gb (standard higher config model at the time.)
With black Friday deals, I am tossing up whether I should make the leap to the new 16" i9/1TB (standard config.)
The most intense apps I use are only Lightroom, PS & Premiere pro.
I am wondering has anyone been in a similar position to me, coming from the 2016 15" to the new 16" and if so, have they noticed a significant jump in performance?
I am not worried about the keyboard too much, as my 2016 was recently replaced and I actually have no issues with it at all..
My 15" runs out of Apple care in March 2020, so I thought if I am going to upgrade now would be the perfect time.
I am wondering if I will notice much of a difference between the 2 machines (enough for me to justify spending $1000 or so after selling my 15")

I would love to hear peoples feedback who have been in a similar position.
Cheers!

 

[kinster]

I'm in the same boat. Got my 15" late 2016 and Apple Care runs out in December. My 'a' key is starting to become 'aa'. It was 'b' prior to that. I've taken it in a few times and had them swapped out.

I'm looking at the 2.4ghz (8 core), 64GB, 8GB GPU and 2 or 4TB.

 

[matram]

I was in the same situation switching from a top of the line BTO 2016 15” to the 2.4 GHz, 5500 with 8GB and 32 GB RAM / 2 TB SSD.

It is well worth it, about 40% better single core performance both in benchmarks and actual performance for my application. About double the graphics performance. Very nice speakers and a great display.

I was quite fond of the 2016 keyboard although I had it replaced after a year for the 2017. The new keyboard is different, a longer and softer stroke. I am still trying to get used to it. I guess the advantage I see now is that it is likely to be more reliable.

 

[Eee1111]

I just traded in my 2016 2.9ghz for 1,050.

the 2.3 ghz 32gb 8gb gpu is what I picked up

it was the right time as you said. AppleCare was up. New machines are finally an upgrade.

 

[Appledoesnotlisten]

I am wondering if I will notice much of a difference between the 2 machines (enough for me to justify spending $1000 or so after selling my 15")

It will be "$1400 os so"

 

[danwells]

I just traded my 2017 up to a 16". I'm hoping it's going to be about twice as fast (and, of course, no butterfly - mine has been in for repairs three times).

I'm going from 4 cores at 2.9 gHz to 8 cores at 2.4 gHz (but the results I'm seeing say that the 2.4 normally runs at 3.2-3.3 gHz under load). That should be 1.7-1.8x on pure CPU performance.

Radeon Pro 560 (4 GB) to Radeon Pro 5500M (8 GB) - should be at least twice as fast.

16 GB of RAM vs 64 Gb - should make a huge difference in large-file photo editing. I routinely get swapping and even crashes due to RAM.

512 GB drive to 4 TB - I'll actually be able to load a lot of my photo library on the internal drive (I'm thinking current and prior year or two internal, backed up to the RAID, back file on my RAID).

Just for fun - compared to my first Apple laptop, a PowerBook 170 from 25+ years ago:

1 core at 0.025 gHz to 8 cores at 2.4 gHz - 1000x as fast, assuming only a 25% instructions per clock speedup. It looks like the actual speedup is approximately 5000x, due to the efficiency of the newer CPU

CPU powered graphics vs. Radeon 5500M - not sure how to measure (almost certainly >1000x).

8 MB of RAM vs. 64 GB - 8000x as much RAM

80 MB hard drive vs. 4 TB - 50,000x as much drive space, I really had to look to find the transfer rate of a 1991-vintage hard drive, but it looks like it's around 0.7MB/S - the SSD in the new one should be about 4,000 times faster.

When you look over a long time horizon, Moore's Law is impressive!