Render time too long after last update

I'm having the same problem too, but I have a M1 max. that's not hardware issue i think. 

Cristian, I'm having the same problem, but I have a 2021 MacBook Pro. I was attempting to render out a 1 minute audio clip  in Premiere Pro 2025 and it was going to take 20 minutes. I opened Premiere Pro 2024 and it took 1 second. So...not sure whta's going on. I don't think it's your computer hardware. Adobe, if you are listening, tell us what we are doing wrong, or if there is a setting we are not seeing. 

That's a 2017 CPU ... and it's the end of 2024. By computer standards, you're on a dinosaur.

As the hardware base constantly changes, the code used changes, and takes advantage of newer, more capable kit. Well ... after a bit, it pretty much requires newer kit to keep functioning well.

And your computer is hitting that use-by date now. Sorry ... but that's "reality".

I don't know how many computers I've had over the last 36 or so years. My "new" rig is what, two years old already? It's a 24-core Ryzen 3960x with 128GB of RAM and a 2080Ti, twin interanal Nvme SSD drives, one for OS/programs, the other for all cach files, and an additional 8 SSD drives and several large spinning disks.

I'll be updating the 2080Ti over the winter, and have replaced a few drives with larger ones. Those changes will get me by another couple years.