Premiere ram usage vs resolve

[ocloop14453207]

Someone explain to me why premiere is using too much memory compared to Resolve.

Using

M1 pro

16 GB of ram

Premiere Pro version 24.2.1

I have a basic interview, filmed with the bmpcc 6K in, 6k Braw 12:1. The edited video is 5:30 min, downsized to Full HD. When i export the interview, Premiere ask to quite apps to make room for more memory space. If I understand it correctly, Apple is able to use the memory space as ram when things get crazy. So for instance, Premiere will be using 55 GB of memory, while the Mac Book Pro i'm using has 16 gb of ram (memory). 

What I don't understand is, why does Premiere need more than 55 Gb to render while Resolve never goes above 7 GB of ram (memory). With all the AI and useless feuture they give us. Seems like this software is still not effient.

[Shebbe]

I believe most of it is because their playback engine dumps information into the RAM whereas Resolve simply crunches through almost all image processing via the GPU realtime/really fast unless the user specifically enables disk caching similar to Render In/Out in Premiere.

[R Neil Haugen]

As Shebbe notes, the apps do things differently. You mention that this is BRAW, and of course, Resolve is purpose-built to handle BRAW probably better than any other format. It being the in-house one, and always remember ... Resolve is not paid for by selling it, it is totally provided as a loss-leader to get us to buy BlackMagic hardware. Or to reward us, perhaps?

(And I've enough BM kit to have a few spare licenses in a drawer ... love my BM kit!)

That said, BM's support of their BRAW in Adobe apps is ... "basic", at best. But it was always problematic enough, that I gave up on their plugin and bought the Autokroma plugin. Which is vastly superior, always just works, never glitches. And they support ALL BRAW users in Premiere, including the best support for the BM plug-in available.

So ... if you're using the BM plugin, try the Autokroma one. You might get better performance.

I'm working with BRAW from a UMP4.6K G2 and a BMPCC4K, I can have several tracks, and no troubles. On a Ryzen 3960X 24 core, 128GB of RAM, a 2080Ti. Twin Nvme drives, one for OS/programs, the other for all cache files, 8 other internal SSDs.