And that sounds like something is seriously wrong with your machine or your drivers. GPU rendering has massively improved performance and battery life on every machine I've ever tried. And especially on embedded devices with a low power mobile GPU, see for example here: https://social.librem.one/@dos/104984930233748319
Compositing should do so as well by avoiding unnecessary redraws. That sequencer would probably benefit greatly on a Raspberry by using GPU rendering, the screenshot even shows it rendering video and shaders...