I am experiencing unusually long export times in Adobe Premiere Pro, despite using a high-end PC with powerful hardware specifications. The rendering process takes significantly longer than expected, even for relatively short and simple projects. System Specifications:CPU: Intel (R) Core (TM) i9-14900K 3.20GHzGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHzStorage: WD-BLACK SN770 1TBOS: Windows 11Premiere Pro Version: 25.1Media Encoder Version: 25.1 Project Details:Resolution & Frame Rate: 4K 50FPSCodec Used: H.264Effects & Plugins Used: Premiere composerFootage Type: MP4 Troubleshooting Steps Taken:Updated graphics drivers and Premiere Pro to the latest version.Cleared media cache and preferences reset.Tested different export formats and bitrates.Checked CPU & GPU usage during export (low utilization observed).Disabled any unnecessary background applications. Expected Outcome: Given my hardware capabilities, I expect Premiere Pro to export my videos at an optimized speed, utilizing my system's full potential. However, the current export times are excessively long, which is affecting my workflow. I would appreciate any suggestions or troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue. Are there any known Premiere Pro optimizations or settings I should tweak to improve export performance? Thank you for your help!

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Slow Export Time in Premiere Pro Despite High-End PC

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February 17, 2025
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I am experiencing unusually long export times in Adobe Premiere Pro, despite using a high-end PC with powerful hardware specifications. The rendering process takes significantly longer than expected, even for relatively short and simple projects.

System Specifications:

CPU: Intel (R) Core (TM) i9-14900K 3.20GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz
Storage: WD-BLACK SN770 1TB
OS: Windows 11
Premiere Pro Version: 25.1
Media Encoder Version: 25.1

Project Details:

Resolution & Frame Rate: 4K 50FPS
Codec Used: H.264
Effects & Plugins Used: Premiere composer
Footage Type: MP4

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

Updated graphics drivers and Premiere Pro to the latest version.
Cleared media cache and preferences reset.
Tested different export formats and bitrates.
Checked CPU & GPU usage during export (low utilization observed).
Disabled any unnecessary background applications.

Expected Outcome: Given my hardware capabilities, I expect Premiere Pro to export my videos at an optimized speed, utilizing my system's full potential. However, the current export times are excessively long, which is affecting my workflow.

I would appreciate any suggestions or troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue. Are there any known Premiere Pro optimizations or settings I should tweak to improve export performance?

Thank you for your help!

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Real Dota

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I am having the same problems... Did you manage to solve this?

R Neil Haugen

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I would add that your computer isn't really a 24-core computer ... it's really an 8 core CPU with ... think if them as "assisting" cores. And only 32GB of RAM, which these days, is just enough to run Premiere or Resolve, but not enough on most rigs to really fly.

And your Nvme main drive is the fastest bit there. That's fine. Do you have any other drives involved, or just that one?

While that rig may do ok with long-GOP, given the way "prioritization" seems to be hitting some users at this time, I wouldn't expect it's long-GOP performance to be amazing. And as noted, you're not only running long-GOP, you're expecting scaling of it to occur. Ouch.

Running ProRes or Arri RAW on that rig would probably work pretty nice.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Averdahl

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Not really, your timeline is set to 1920x1080 while you are exporting to 3840x2160 and as Ann says you are upscaling your footage from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 and that will increase render time. Are your source footage 1920x1080 or 3840x2160?

Select your timeline and go to Sequence > Sequence Settings and change it to 3840x2160 and click OK. If your source footage is 3840x2160 you will have to re-scale the all assets on the timeline.

Try it and report back!