Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 delivers overwhelming performance in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. Measured data shows this combination produces frame rates far beyond the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested setting and resolution, making it a system that utterly saturates the game’s demands with massive headroom remaining.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo reaches an average of 288.7 FPS on Low settings, dropping to 269.3 FPS on Medium, 224.7 FPS on High, and 222.4 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra is 66.3 FPS, with the most significant single-step drop occurring between Medium and High (44.6 FPS). The difference between High and Ultra, however, is only 2.3 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset costs almost nothing extra over High at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average frame rates remain exceptionally high. Low settings produce 262.1 FPS, Medium delivers 241.9 FPS, High sits at 199 FPS, and Ultra reaches 199.7 FPS. Notably, the High and Ultra results are nearly identical here, with Ultra actually scoring 0.7 FPS higher than High. The resolution jump from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 26.6 FPS on Low settings, 27.4 FPS on Medium, 25.7 FPS on High, and 22.7 FPS on Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the performance is still far above the playable threshold. Low settings yield 221.7 FPS, Medium provides 207.6 FPS, High delivers 150.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 147.8 FPS. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is more punishing, reducing frame averages by 40.4 FPS on Low, 34.3 FPS on Medium, 48.5 FPS on High, and 51.9 FPS on Ultra. The data shows a consistent pattern where the High and Ultra presets cluster together, while Low and Medium form a separate, faster group. This implies that the High and Ultra settings likely enable similar workloads on the GPU.

The frame time consistency appears strong across the board, although the data does not include specific minimum or maximum frame rate values. The average FPS numbers remain well above 60 at all times, suggesting that even with unavoidable frame time spikes, the experience would stay fluid. The largest gap between presets occurs at 4K, where Ultra trails Low by 73.9 FPS. This indicates that the RTX 5090 has plenty of headroom, and the bottleneck at lower resolutions is likely the CPU’s single-thread throughput rather than the GPU’s raw power.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS is Ultra, which achieves an average of 222.4 FPS. The data shows that all presets are viable, but for the absolute highest visual fidelity, Ultra is the correct choice. There is no reason to reduce the settings at this resolution because even the heaviest workload is capped at a frame rate that exceeds the threshold by 162.4 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the best setting is again Ultra, with an average of 199.7 FPS. The performance delta between Ultra and High at this resolution is negligible, but the Ultra preset provides the maximum graphical quality without a measurable downside. The frame rate at Ultra is 139.7 FPS above the 60 FPS playability floor, ensuring a smooth experience with ample headroom for any scene complexity the game presents.

At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset also delivers the best playable experience, with an average of 147.8 FPS. This is the only resolution where the margin over the 60 FPS threshold narrows to below 100 FPS, but 87.8 FPS of headroom still means the game runs far beyond the required smoothness. The lowest playable setting at 4K would be Low, which runs at 221.7 FPS, but since Ultra is already 147.8 FPS, there is no reason to lower the graphics settings. The data indicates that this combination can operate at the maximum visual preset at every tested resolution without ever approaching the playability limit.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals the balance of workload between the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The 5600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 5000 series, based on the Cezanne architecture, and its benchmark scores show solid single-thread performance. The RTX 5090 is a massive Blackwell 2.0 GPU with 21760 shading units and 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, but the game Inside is not graphically demanding, so the GPU’s capabilities are not the limiting factor.

At 1080p, the differences between presets are relatively small, with Ultra only 23% slower than Low. This indicates that the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU even at the lowest resolution, but the GPU is not tasked with proportionally more work. The scaling from 1080p Low (288.7 FPS) to 4K Low (221.7 FPS) shows a 23% reduction, which is moderate and suggests the GPU is still not the primary bottleneck at lower presets.

The CPU’s single-thread performance is direct. The 5600G scores 1409 on Cinebench R23 single-core and 1801 on Geekbench single-core, with a PassMark single-thread score of 3177. These numbers place the processor in the 74th percentile of all CPUs. At higher resolutions, the GPU needs to do more work per frame, and the difference between 1440p and 4K is more pronounced than 1080p to 1440p. For example, the 4K Ultra score (147.8 FPS) is 26% lower than the 1440p Ultra score (199.7 FPS), while the 1440p Ultra score is only 10% lower than the 1080p Ultra score (222.4 FPS). This shows that the GPU starts to become more relevant at 4K, but the frame rates remain so high that the CPU’s limits are never truly exposed.

The data suggests the game is heavily CPU-bound at 1080p and 1440p Low/Medium presets, where the frame rates exceed 240 FPS. At these levels, the GPU is waiting for the CPU to send draw calls, which is typical for a lighter title. The RTX 5090’s raw compute power (104.8 TFLOPS FP32) is effectively wasted on Inside, but the Ryzen 5 5600G’s single-core performance (which is the 74th percentile among CPUs) is sufficient to push the frame rate high enough that the GPU can fill frames quickly. At 4K, the GPU becomes more involved, but the RTX 5090’s memory bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s ensures it can handle the extra load without issue.

FAQ

*Q: Can this system run Inside at 60 FPS on a 4K monitor with all settings maxed out?*

A: Yes. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset is 147.8 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The data confirms that even the heaviest settings at the highest resolution are playable.

Q: What is the performance difference between the High and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: The High and Ultra presets produce nearly identical results. The High preset averages 199 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 199.7 FPS, meaning the Ultra setting costs no measurable performance at 2560x1440. This suggests there is no reason to choose High over Ultra at this resolution.

Q: How does the CPU affect the frame rate at 1080p versus 4K?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G has a single-thread score of 1409 in Cinebench R23, which appears to be enough to keep the game running above 200 FPS at 1080p Low (288.7 FPS). At 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 147.8 FPS, indicating that the GPU becomes more of a factor at higher resolutions, but the CPU still provides enough performance to maintain a high frame rate.

Q: Is there any setting that causes the frame rate to drop below 60 FPS?

A: No. All tested presets at all three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160) have an average FPS above 147.8 FPS, which is the lowest recorded value. The playable threshold is 60 FPS, and the system never approaches it.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 compare to its nearest rivals in this test?

A: The RTX 5090’s average benchmark score is 79,842, which is 0.3% higher than the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB. The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT is 1.1% slower, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is 1.4% faster. This means the RTX 5090 sits in the top percentile among the listed GPUs, but the differences are small.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck for this game?

A: The data shows that the game is likely CPU-bound at 1080p, where the frame rates are extremely high (above 220 FPS) and the GPU is not fully utilized. At 4K, the GPU becomes more relevant, but the frame rates are still high enough that the CPU is not the primary constraint. The CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient for this game.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G are the Intel Core i3-1220P, the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 155U. The Intel Core i3-1220P has an average score of 21,066, which is 0.1% higher than the Ryzen 5 5600G’s score of 21,088. The Intel Core Ultra 7 256V is 0.1% slower, the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U is 0.2% slower, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 155U is 0.4% slower. All of these CPUs would produce essentially identical frame rates in Inside because the game’s CPU load is not very demanding.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB, NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X. The Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB is 0.3% faster than the RTX 5090, while the Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is 0.6% faster. The Radeon RX 6850M XT is 1.1% slower, and the Radeon Pro Vega 64X is 1.4% slower. All of these GPUs would deliver very similar performance in Inside, meaning the game would run above 140 FPS at 4K Ultra with any of these cards.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination ranks 717th out of 3,716 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the top 19% of all systems tested. The data shows that the RTX 5090 is in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 5600G is in the 74th percentile of all CPUs. The combo’s ranking is likely limited by the CPU’s lower ranking, but since the game is not extremely demanding, the overall score is still high. The system’s measured FPS figures are consistently above 147.8 FPS, which is far beyond what the playable threshold requires, but the ranking suggests there are many other combinations with faster CPUs that would achieve even higher frame rates.

The Verdict

Yes, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 can run Inside at all tested resolutions and settings, with a clear margin. At 1920x1080, the best settings are Ultra, which delivers an average of 222.4 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra is also the best setting, with an average of 199.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset achieves an average of 147.8 FPS, which is the lowest score in the dataset but still 87.8 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold. The verdict by resolution confirms that all presets (Low, Medium, High, and Ultra) are playable at all resolutions. There are no settings that violate the 60 FPS threshold. The system is designed for performance, and the RTX 5090’s power is not needed in full, but it does guarantee that the game runs at maximum refresh rates even with the highest visual quality.