Inside

Inside is a 2016 puzzle platformer from Playdead, and it poses almost no challenge to a modern mid-range pairing like the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070. Measured data for this combination shows frame rates far above the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested resolution and every preset, including Ultra at 4K. The RTX 4070 — an Ada Lovelace card on the AD104 chip with 12 GB of GDDR6X, 5888 shading units, and a 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth — sits in the 81st percentile of all tested GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 5600F, a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 processor with a 4.00 GHz boost clock, sits in the 85th percentile of all CPUs. This is a lopsided matchup in the player's favor.

Best Settings per Resolution

Because every preset clears 60 FPS at every resolution, the "best" setting is simply the most demanding one available.

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 194 FPS average. Every preset from Low to Ultra is playable; Low reaches 257 FPS and Medium 237 FPS, but Ultra at 194 FPS is the correct choice since headroom is enormous either way.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 157 FPS average. The full settings ladder is again available: Low at 230 FPS, Medium at 212, High at 165, and Ultra at 157, all comfortably above threshold.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra, 99 FPS average. Even at 4K, the most demanding preset stays well clear of 60 FPS. High runs at 104 FPS, Medium at 166, and Low at 197.

In short: there is no resolution in the test suite where settings need to be reduced. Ultra is the answer at all three.

CPU and GPU Roles

Inside is a lightweight 2016 title, and the scaling data indicates the workload falls primarily on the CPU rather than the GPU at lower resolutions — though neither component is meaningfully stressed.

Consider the Ultra preset numbers. Moving from 1080p (194 FPS) to 1440p (157 FPS) costs roughly a fifth of the frame rate; moving from 1440p to 4K (99 FPS) costs another chunk. This steady decline with resolution shows the GPU does take over as pixel count rises, which is normal GPU-bound behavior. But the fact that 1080p Ultra tops out at 194 FPS rather than climbing higher suggests the CPU or engine-level limits start to bite — a stronger processor than the 5600F would likely raise that ceiling, but for a 60 FPS target it is irrelevant.

The preset scaling tells a similar story. At 4K, dropping from Ultra (99 FPS) to Low (197 FPS) nearly doubles performance, meaning the GPU has substantial capacity to spare at reduced settings. At 1080p, the spread is tighter — 257 FPS Low versus 194 FPS Ultra — indicating diminishing returns from lowering settings, a classic signature of a CPU/engine ceiling at that resolution. The Ryzen 5 5600F, with a 2872 single-thread PassMark score and a 19236 multithread score, is far more than this game requires.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured averages for the 5600F + RTX 4070 combination. Minimums and maximums are available only for the Medium preset runs.

3840x2160 (4K)

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|---|

| Low | 197 | — | — |

| Medium | 166 | 141 | 191 |

| High | 104 | — | — |

| Ultra | 99 | — | — |

The 4K Medium run is the tightest measured dataset: it never dips below 141 FPS and peaks at 191. Even Ultra's 99 FPS average sits at over one and a half times the playable threshold.

2560x1440

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|

| Low | 230 | — | — |

| Medium | 212 | 180 | 244 |

| High | 165 | — | — |

| Ultra | 157 | — | — |

At 1440p the Medium floor of 180 FPS exceeds what many builds achieve as an average. The High-to-Ultra step costs only 8 frames on average, showing the top preset is cheap here.

1920x1080

| Preset | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---|---|

| Low | 257 | — | — |

| Medium | 237 | 201 | 272 |

| High | 197 | — | — |

| Ultra | 194 | — | — |

At 1080p, High and Ultra are nearly indistinguishable (197 vs 194 FPS), confirming that once resolution drops, settings cost almost nothing. Medium's worst recorded moment is 201 FPS — above the average of the High preset.

Similar Performance Alternatives

CPU side. The Ryzen 5 5600F's nearest rivals by average benchmark score are effectively identical in overall throughput: the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 (avgScore 36938, deltaPct 0), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (37018, -0.2), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (37093, -0.4), and the Intel Core i9-12900T (37112, -0.5). All four sit within half a percent of the 5600F's 36945 average, so any of them would deliver Inside results indistinguishable from the measured numbers here — the game simply does not tax a processor at this level.

GPU side. The RTX 4070's closest neighbors are the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (avgScore 37628, deltaPct 0.1), the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.4), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, -1.3), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6400 (37157, 1.3). A build with any of these cards would land in the same performance neighborhood for Inside. Given that the RTX 4070 posts a 26927 PassMark G3D score and Inside never pushes the card below 99 FPS even at 4K Ultra, the game's requirements leave enormous slack — GPUs scoring meaningfully lower than this tier would still clear 60 FPS comfortably in a title from 2016.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5600F + RTX 4070 run Inside at 4K?

A: Yes. All four presets at 3840x2160 exceed 60 FPS, and even Ultra averages 99 FPS.

Q: What is the best settings choice at each resolution?

A: Ultra at all three: 194 FPS at 1080p, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 99 FPS at 4K.

Q: Does the game ever drop below 60 FPS?

A: No measured run falls below the 60 FPS threshold. The lowest recorded figure of any kind is a 141 FPS minimum during the 4K Medium run.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for Inside on this build?

A: At 1080p the results suggest a CPU/engine ceiling (High and Ultra differ by only 3 FPS), while at 4K the GPU drives the scaling. Neither component is the bottleneck relative to a 60 FPS target.

Q: What CPUs perform similarly to the Ryzen 5 5600F?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 225, AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D, AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, and Intel Core i9-12900T all fall within 0.5 percent of its average benchmark score.

Q: What GPUs perform similarly to the RTX 4070?

A: The NVIDIA Tesla P4, AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, and AMD Radeon PRO W6400 are all within roughly 1.3 percent of its average score.

The Verdict

Yes — unambiguously. According to the verdict data for this combination, every tested resolution lists all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) as playable, with Ultra as the best setting at 194 FPS (1080p), 157 FPS (1440p), and 99 FPS (4K). The 4K Ultra figure, the worst case in the entire dataset, still clears the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin. There is no configuration in the measured set where this build struggles with Inside. Players should simply set Ultra at their native resolution and play.

How This Combo Ranks

Inside has been tested with 3716 hardware combinations in the database, and the 5600F + RTX 4070 pairing ranks 1426th for this game — slightly below the midpoint. That placement is worth interpreting correctly: it reflects the pairing's general standing among all configurations tested, not any difficulty running the game. A rank in the lower half of a very large sample still corresponds to frame rates triple the playable threshold at 1080p Ultra. The ranking also contextualizes the headroom on offer — combinations ranked higher would push the 1080p ceiling somewhat beyond the 257 FPS Low average recorded here, but for a game with a 60 FPS bar, the difference is academic. The data shows this build delivering a fully maxed-out experience at every resolution from 1080p through 4K.