Exporting the photos from Lightgroom Consume very huge time.

Hi @veera18,

Thanks for sharing the details. Based on the specs of the Dell Inspiron 15 series you mentioned, the behavior you’re seeing is unfortunately not too surprising for large Lightroom export workloads.

A few things that may help improve export speed:

• Move the Lightroom cache/catalog and export destination to an SSD if possible

• Export in smaller batches (e.g., 50–100 images at a time)

• Close all other applications during export

• Preferences > Performance > Set “Use Graphics Processor” to Custom > Use GPU for Export
• To get the best performance when exporting, make sure to keep your laptop plugged in, as battery mode can sometimes slow down your Windows laptop.

A few likely bottlenecks here:

• Your system most likely uses a traditional 5400RPM HDD instead of an SSD. This is a major slowdown point for Lightroom exports and preview/cache operations.

• The Intel UHD 620 integrated graphics are very limited for Lightroom acceleration. There’s no dedicated GPU available for export acceleration.

• The i7-8550U is a low-power mobile CPU from around 8-9 years ago. Fine for lighter workloads, but batch exporting 500 edited images in Lightroom can overwhelm it.

Also, if your photos include AI Denoise, Masks, Generative Remove & Large RAW files. Then, export times increase significantly on older hardware.

So while the slowdown is understandably frustrating, it appears more related to hardware limitations than to a specific Lightroom performance.

Best,

Anshul Saini