Media Encoder rendering way slower than Premiere (almost no GPU usage)

[Will27540326c9gz]

This issue occurs in the latest version of Media Encoder and the one before that.

Screenshots attached. When I render in Premiere, my RTX 4080 S is at ~80% usage, intel iGPU at ~20%, and i9 14900k at ~30%.

When I render the EXACT SAME sequence in Media Encoder, the RTX is at less than 10%, no iGPU usage, and slightly less CPU usage.

Exporting to a MP4 UHD 30mgbp file, Windows 11, footage is on a Samsung T7.

P.S. The Renderer is set to CUDA and I set the encoder/decoder settings in the preferences to ON. This issue with render speeds came up recently without me changing any of the settings.

Also, there's barely any effects on the timeline. It's just a few Lumetri Color effects and a logo with a blur.

[EckiAME]

It would be useful to get more information about what your hardware specs are (CPU, GPU, driver versions),  the source media is and to actually get a project and media that can be used to replicate the issue.

These instructions might be useful to get what we need to look into the issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-media-encoder-bugs/how-do-i-write-a-bug-report/idi-p/1309480.

[Will27540326c9gz]

@EckiAME I've already mentioned my hardware specs in my post (RTX 4080 Super, i9 14900k, 128gb RAM, Samsung T7). I'm using the latest Nvidia Drivers (version 566.36)

[EckiAME]

Would you be able to supply a repro project together with media? I can send you the instructions via private message in this forum.

[Will27540326c9gz]

@EckiAME Absolutely, feel free to private message me. I'll send anything you need

[EckiAME]

Sending you a private message…

[travise38589766]

Were you able to get this resolved?

Media Encoder has been extremely slow to export since mid/late 2024, compared to Premiere Pro.  Media Encoder used to be able to export a 2 hour 4K 60fps video in a few hours (which Premiere Pro can still do), but something "broke" with Media Encoder in 2024, making the same video take *hundreds* of hours to render!

Was EckiAME able to help you get Media Encoder running faster?

[Will27540326c9gz]

@travise38589766 I didn't resolve it (EckiAME is looking into it for me) but I figured out why it was happening for me.

The issue is I was using audio effects from BorisFX (specifically the "crumblepop audio restoration effects": https://borisfx.com/products/crumplepop/

Those effects rendered fine in Premiere, but for some reason made AME to stop using GPU. As soon as I remove those effects, AME works as expected again, just like Premiere.

So my tip would be to see what effects you're using, delete them one-by-one and do a test render. Chances are it's one or two effects that don't play well with AME.