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AndrewTheGreat
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February 11, 2026
Question

Pr 23 vs Pr 26 performance test: answers needed

  • February 11, 2026
  • 2 replies
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Input data: Premiere Pro 23.6.0 and Premiere Pro 26.0.0 installed on the same PC with 14600K, 64 GB of DDR4 Ram, RTX 3080, Samsung М.2 SSD. Media: mp4-h264, 4K, 29,97 CFR, 4:2:0.

The test performed is here:

In this video you can see 2 obvious things: 1) insane lags (actual frame skips) in Pr 26 with silky smoothness in Pr 23, and 2) the difference between iGPU versus dGPU operation.

Question: how come? One and the same system, one and the same media on one and the same storage. It’s outta question that before these tests the cache had been deleted and the Premieres started anew. No aggravating circumstances!

Opinion: out of all the new features, AI, clever search and generative extend I’d prefer to get the old iGPU over dGPU priority back and have the same fast and fluid timeline performance as it used to be.

 

    2 replies

    Jorge Jaramillo Hdz
    Known Participant
    February 17, 2026

    +1 Performance has a big downgrade in Pr 26, even compared with 25.

    AndrewTheGreat
    Known Participant
    February 13, 2026

    Additional info about the test: Intel decoding is turned on, Nvidia - off in the preferences. But with it ON the lags remain.