Will .mov export more quickly than AVCHD?

I am presently shooting on a Sony HDR-SR11 cam, which is AVCHD. But the JVC GY series is .mov format. With there be any benefit such as decreased export time at the end of the project (currently, a 25 minute project takes about 4-5 hours to export on a 2x3.2 Intel Xeon Mac).

if the sequence settings and export settings were the same, would there be a difference?
Then exporting would be a breeze - as long as the Sequence were fully rendered. All you'd need to do is go to File->Export->QuickTime Movie. Do NOT check "reompress All Frames." You can choose to make it self-contained or a reference movie.
What I'm wondering then is, after it's on my timeline, is there really going to be any difference between the two formats if the end product (for streaming) is going to be the same settings?
Well now ... streaming video is another matter. If you want to export for the web, that won't be quite the breeze as if you exported using the same codec as the Sequence. Once again, how long it would take really depends on the codec you choose for exporting.
But the JVC GY series is .mov format
Or, for example, if I make a self-contained Quicktime movie, will it export faster since the source footage is already .mov?
You keep referring to the .mov file type as if it were a codec. It isn't. The QuickTime MOVIE (.mov) designation is merely a container or wrapper; the video inside could be any number of codecs. And some codecs take longer to process than others.
Just saying that a file is a QuickTime Movie is kind of like saying you have a car. It doesn't really tell us much at all. If you're looking for specific answers, you'll need to be more specific in your questions.
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