Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Arc B570 combination delivers a highly capable Inside experience, with the data showing that 1080p and 1440p are fully playable at maximum settings, while 4K requires a settings reduction to maintain smooth performance. The benchmark results indicate that this pairing is well-balanced for this title, though the CPU holds it back slightly from top-tier rankings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination produces exceptional frame rates across all presets. The Low preset achieves an average of 240 FPS, which represents the highest measured result in the entire dataset. Medium settings yield a robust 192 FPS average, with a minimum of 163 FPS and a maximum of 221 FPS. High settings produce 120 FPS average, and even the most demanding Ultra preset maintains a strong 114 FPS average. These numbers demonstrate that the CPU and GPU have ample headroom at this resolution, with all settings remaining far above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results remain impressive but show a predictable decline. The Low preset averages 172 FPS, while Medium drops to 138 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 117 FPS and maximum of 159 FPS. High settings yield 86 FPS average, and Ultra drops to 82 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a typical resolution-dependent pattern, with the Ultra preset falling from 114 FPS to 82 FPS, a reduction of roughly 28%. Despite this, every preset at 1440p remains comfortably above 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the GPU begins to feel the pressure. The Low preset still manages a playable 108 FPS average, and Medium delivers 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS and maximum of 100 FPS. However, High settings fall to 54 FPS average, and Ultra drops to 52 FPS, both dipping below the 60 FPS playability threshold. The gap between Medium and High at 4K is significant, representing a 33 FPS drop, which suggests a demanding graphical step that this hardware cannot fully sustain at this resolution.

The data shows a clear pattern: this combination is overwhelmingly strong at 1080p and 1440p, but 4K Ultra or High settings are beyond its capability. The min/max values recorded for Medium presets indicate stable frame pacing at both 1440p and 1080p, with the 4K Medium showing a 26 FPS variance between minimum and maximum.

CPU and GPU Roles

The workload distribution shifts notably across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the CPU is the more significant factor. The high frame rates — 240 FPS at Low, 192 FPS at Medium — indicate that the Ryzen 5 5500’s six cores and twelve threads are sufficient to feed the Arc B570, but the sheer frame counts suggest the GPU is not the primary limit. The CPU’s single-thread performance, as evidenced by its 836 score in the 3dmark single-thread test and 3058 in Passmark singlethread, appears adequate for this puzzle platformer.

As resolution increases to 2560x1440, the balance shifts toward the GPU. The scaling from 1080p Low (240 FPS) to 1440p Low (172 FPS) shows a 68 FPS drop, and at Medium the drop is 54 FPS (192 to 138). This is a steeper decline than pure CPU-bound scaling would produce, indicating the Arc B570’s 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is being taxed more heavily. The GPU’s 160-bit memory bus and 380.0 GB/s bandwidth become more relevant as the pixel throughput demands increase.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the decisive component. The Ultra preset averages just 52 FPS, while the High preset at 54 FPS is statistically equal. This plateau suggests the graphics card is the limiting factor, as the CPU is unlikely to be the constraint at these lower frame rates. The GPU’s 80 ROPs and 200 GPixel/s pixel rate are being saturated by the 8.3 million pixels of 4K, and the data shows that only the Low and Medium settings can avoid this bottleneck.

The CPU’s relative weakness — its 73rd percentile among all CPUs — is masked at 1080p but becomes more apparent at higher resolutions. The GPU’s 65th percentile ranking is more evenly matched to the game’s demands, but the 4K results clearly point to the graphics card as the limiting factor there.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the best playable setting is Medium, which achieves an average of 87 FPS. This is the most demanding preset that stays above the 60 FPS threshold, and it does so with a comfortable margin. The Low preset also works at 108 FPS, but Medium offers better visual quality without sacrificing playability.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset is the best choice, delivering an average of 82 FPS. This is above the playable threshold, and the High preset at 86 FPS offers only a marginal gain. The Ultra settings are the most demanding option at this resolution and are fully playable.

At 1920x1080, Ultra settings are the clear winner, averaging 114 FPS. This is significantly above the 60 FPS floor and demonstrates that the hardware has no meaningful constraints at this resolution. The High preset at 120 FPS is almost identical to the Ultra, so the better visual quality of Ultra is effectively free.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination ranks 2983rd out of 3716 tested combos, placing it in the 20th percentile of all tested systems. This rank is noteworthy because it shows that while this hardware is capable of running Inside very well, there are roughly 700 combos that perform better. The combo’s ranking is driven by the CPU’s 73rd percentile and the GPU’s 65th percentile, indicating the CPU is the stronger component relative to its peers.

The ranking is slightly lower than the individual component percentiles might suggest, because the Ryzen 5 5500’s 6-core 12-thread design is less optimized for this game’s threading model than some newer chips. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5386 is low compared to the 4-thread score of 3151, showing that the game does not scale perfectly with the CPU’s 12 threads.

Given the measured frame rates, the rank could be higher if the game were more GPU-bound at 1080p, where the CPU is the limit. At 1440p and especially 4K, the GPU becomes the limit, and the rank reflects the balanced but not exceptional nature of this pairing.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals provide very similar average scores, all within 0.7% of the Ryzen 5 5500’s 19593 average. The AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 scores 19617 (0.1% higher), the Intel Core i5-12500 scores 19668 (0.4% higher), the Intel Core i7-10700F scores 19499 (0.5% lower), and the Intel Core i5-11600KF scores 19723 (0.7% higher). Any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in this game, with the i5-11600KF being the fastest by a small margin. The practical difference between these options is under 1%, so swapping to any would not change the verdict.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are similarly close to the Arc B570’s 20556 average score. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534 (0.1% higher), the Intel Arc A750 scores 20582 (0.1% lower), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 20480 (0.4% lower), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X scores 20662 (0.5% higher). The Arc B570 and Arc A750 are effectively identical in performance, so the Intel Arc A750 would yield the same FPS numbers. The RTX 3070 Mobile is a laptop GPU but its performance in this benchmark is so close that it would be indistinguishable in gameplay.

In practice, swapping the CPU to an i5-12500 or the GPU to an Arc A750 would change the measured frame rates by only a few FPS at most, leaving the overall verdicts identical. The only meaningful alternative would be a different pairing with a faster CPU, but within the listed rivals, there is no meaningful upgrade path.

FAQ

Q: Can this combination run Inside at 4K with High settings?

A: No. The 3840x2160 High preset averages 54 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS playable threshold. The best playable 4K setting is Medium at 87 FPS, while Ultra is 52 FPS and Low is 108 FPS.

Q: What is the most demanding preset that stays above 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Ultra settings at 2560x1440 average 82 FPS, making it the most demanding playable preset. High settings average 86 FPS, Low 172 FPS, and Medium 138 FPS, all also above 60 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the CPU is the more significant factor. The Ryzen 5 5500’s single-thread performance (836 3DMark single-thread score) and its 73rd percentile ranking are the key to reaching 240 FPS at Low and 192 FPS at Medium, while the GPU has more headroom at this resolution.

Q: How does the 4K Medium FPS range compare to the 1440p Medium range?

A: At 4K Medium, the FPS ranges between a minimum of 74 and a maximum of 100, with an average of 87. At 1440p Medium, the range is 117 to 159, with an average of 138. The 1440p range is higher and more consistent, while the 4K range shows a 26 FPS spread.

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank compared to all tested systems?

A: The combo ranks 2983rd out of 3716 tested combinations. This puts it at the 298th percentile of systems, meaning it is in the bottom 20% of all tested, but still delivers playable performance at 1080p and 1440p in this game.

Q: Are there any rival GPUs that would give a different experience?

A: The Intel Arc A750 scores 0.1% higher than the Arc B570, so it would produce nearly identical FPS in this game. The RTX 3070 Mobile is also within 0.1% of the Arc B570’s score, so there is no practical difference in gameplay. None of the rivals would change the verdicts at any resolution.