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October 12, 2026

With newer versions of Premiere Pro now becoming picky about hardware, if your i5 is an old-generation CPU, Premiere will run poorly, or not at all, regardless of the GPU.

 

In addition, that RTX 3050 was brought back into production due to GDDR7 VRAM shortages, and is a very weak GPU these days. Being slower than some 10-year-old GPUs in CUDA rendering performance.

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RjL190365Correct answer
Legend
October 12, 2026

With newer versions of Premiere Pro now becoming picky about hardware, if your i5 is an old-generation CPU, Premiere will run poorly, or not at all, regardless of the GPU.

 

In addition, that RTX 3050 was brought back into production due to GDDR7 VRAM shortages, and is a very weak GPU these days. Being slower than some 10-year-old GPUs in CUDA rendering performance.

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Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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October 10, 2026

Which Intel Core i5 processor?

What type of media will you be editing (resolution, file type, and codec)?

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John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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October 10, 2026

Gpu should be fine, the i5 is not going to work well with HD video

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/apps/system-requirements/creative-cloud-requirements.html

 

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