<p>Check your GPU settings in AME prefs should be targeting your particular GPU. Choice of GPU can effect render time significantly. A GPU with a high CUDA processor count is best for these renders on a PC. On a MAC it should be metal with an appropriate card. Try and get a view of your system performance and buy a better card. <a href="https://www.cgdirector.com/best-cpu-gpu-render-benchmarks/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.cgdirector.com/best-cpu-gpu-render-benchmarks/</a></p>

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2020-06-05T00:52:12.713Z
2020-06-05T00:52:12.713Z
OysterBoo
<p>I have i3-7100 CPU and 16 gigabytes of DDR4 RAM. I know it's not much, but <strong>why Adobe Media Encoder 2020 is rendering my simple 720p video with subtitles so slow?!</strong></p>

<p><strong>It takes 20 minutes to render my 5 minute 720p video</strong> with default H264 settings. What is going on here?</p>

<p>And there are no scaling or other effects. Just the video and hardcoded subtitles.</p>

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2020-06-05T08:39:54.193Z
20 minutes to render a 5 minute video on a slower machine doesn't sound that bad to me. Videos take ages in general. Often I end up rendering stuff overnight.
tomh
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2020-06-05T08:40:32.627Z
I quite often find rendering in Premiere is faster and more reliable than using Media Encoder fyi
tomh
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What is the normal rendering time?
Steven
# What is the normal rendering time?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-04)

I have i3-7100 CPU and 16 gigabytes of DDR4 RAM. I know it's not much, but **why Adobe Media Encoder 2020 is rendering my simple 720p video with subtitles so slow?!**

**It takes 20 minutes to render my 5 minute 720p video** with default H264 settings. What is going on here?

And there are no scaling or other effects. Just the video and hardcoded subtitles.

**Tags:** adobe-media-encoder, rendering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 20 minutes to render a 5 minute video on a slower machine doesn't sound that bad to me. Videos take ages in general. Often I end up rendering stuff overnight.  
> **username_1**: I quite often find rendering in Premiere is faster and more reliable than using Media Encoder fyi  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-05. Score: 2

Check your GPU settings in AME prefs should be targeting your particular GPU. Choice of GPU can effect render time significantly. A GPU with a high CUDA processor count is best for these renders on a PC. On a MAC it should be metal with an appropriate card. Try and get a view of your system performance and buy a better card. <https://www.cgdirector.com/best-cpu-gpu-render-benchmarks/>


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