The 2019 16" Intel MacBook Pro was a separate beast... It was a very short-lived design (only 23 months from introduction in November 2019 until it was superseded by the current design). At first glance, it looks a lot like any other Touch Bar MacBook Pro (it looks like a Touch Bar model with the slightly rounded bottom, not like a current model with feet).
It is almost exactly in between the size of a Touch Bar MBP (which is slightly smaller) and an M1 Pro/Max (or newer) MBP, which is slightly larger. It has a different screen size and resolution from either a Touch Bar or an Apple Silicon MBP. The Touch Bar model has a 15.4" diagonal and 2880x1800 resolution, the 2019" Intel has a 16.0" diagonal and 3072x1920 resolution, while the Apple Silicon models' resolution is 3456x2234 with a 16.2" diagonal. The keyboard, too, is right in between. It retains the Touch Bar (while separating the esc and power/Touch ID keys),and doesn't have physical function keys, while its layout is otherwise like the Apple Silicon models. It has the scissor keyboard switches of an Apple Silicon MBP, not the problematic butterfly switches of a Touch Bar model. It has the body-color keyboard surround of a Touch Bar Mac, not the black one of the Apple Silicon models. The port selection is like a Touch Bar model (4 USB-C/TB3 and nothing else).
The last-generation 13" Intel MBP is even MORE confusing, because it looks almost exactly like a Touch Bar/butterfly model, but it has a scissor keyboard with the new layout. It also looks almost exactly like the base M1/M2 MBPs. There is an argument that that physical design ran from 2016 until late 2022, when the base M3 MBP went from 13" to 14: and is now housed in the same case as the 14" M3 Pro/Max model.
Anyway, all current MBPs are designed in the Apple Silicon era. They all date to the release of the M1 Pro/Max models 28 months ago, since the base model now shares the Pro/Max design.
It is almost exactly in between the size of a Touch Bar MBP (which is slightly smaller) and an M1 Pro/Max (or newer) MBP, which is slightly larger. It has a different screen size and resolution from either a Touch Bar or an Apple Silicon MBP. The Touch Bar model has a 15.4" diagonal and 2880x1800 resolution, the 2019" Intel has a 16.0" diagonal and 3072x1920 resolution, while the Apple Silicon models' resolution is 3456x2234 with a 16.2" diagonal. The keyboard, too, is right in between. It retains the Touch Bar (while separating the esc and power/Touch ID keys),and doesn't have physical function keys, while its layout is otherwise like the Apple Silicon models. It has the scissor keyboard switches of an Apple Silicon MBP, not the problematic butterfly switches of a Touch Bar model. It has the body-color keyboard surround of a Touch Bar Mac, not the black one of the Apple Silicon models. The port selection is like a Touch Bar model (4 USB-C/TB3 and nothing else).
The last-generation 13" Intel MBP is even MORE confusing, because it looks almost exactly like a Touch Bar/butterfly model, but it has a scissor keyboard with the new layout. It also looks almost exactly like the base M1/M2 MBPs. There is an argument that that physical design ran from 2016 until late 2022, when the base M3 MBP went from 13" to 14: and is now housed in the same case as the 14" M3 Pro/Max model.
Anyway, all current MBPs are designed in the Apple Silicon era. They all date to the release of the M1 Pro/Max models 28 months ago, since the base model now shares the Pro/Max design.
