Inside

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance ranking of the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and Intel Arc B390 combination for Inside?

A: This combo ranks 3296 out of 3716 tested combinations in the database for this game, placing it in the lower portion of tested hardware pairings.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B390 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Arc B390's average benchmark score is 1482. It sits 1.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (score 1463), 1.5% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce 800M (score 1460), 2.5% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM (score 1446), and 2.7% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 (score 1443).

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F compare to its nearest processor rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32750. It is effectively tied with the Intel Core i5-14600T (score 32707, 0.1% ahead) and the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (score 32697, 0.2% ahead). It trails the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (score 32812) by 0.2%, and leads the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (score 32662) by 0.3%.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 2560x1440?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset is the most demanding playable setting, delivering an average of 90 FPS with a minimum of 76 FPS and a maximum of 103 FPS.

Q: Is the game playable at 3840x2160 on High settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 on High settings, the average FPS drops to 35, well below the 60 FPS playable threshold. Only the Low preset at this resolution clears the threshold, with an average of 70 FPS.

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combination?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 156 at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data for Inside shows a clear pattern where the graphics processor dominates the performance outcome at higher resolutions, while the processor becomes less of a factor as resolution decreases. At 3840x2160, the difference between Low and Medium presets is substantial: 70 FPS at Low versus 56 FPS at Medium. That is a 14 FPS drop, or roughly 25% lower performance, simply from raising the preset one step. Moving from Medium to High at 4K drops the average further to 35 FPS, a 21 FPS loss. This steep decline indicates that the Intel Arc B390 is the bottleneck at 4K, since the graphical workload scales heavily with preset quality.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern persists but with more headroom. Low runs at 112 FPS, Medium drops to 90 FPS, and High falls to 56 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 34 FPS, nearly double the 14 FPS gap seen at 4K between the same preset steps. This suggests that the GPU workload grows faster than pixel count alone, but the GPU still has enough capacity at 1440p Medium to keep averages high.

At 1920x1080, the processor begins to share the workload more evenly. Low runs at 156 FPS, Medium at 125 FPS, High at 78 FPS, and Ultra at 74 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 31 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is only 4 FPS. The smaller drop at the top end suggests that the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F, can keep feeding the GPU at Ultra, and the GPU is not completely overwhelmed at 1080p. The difference between 1440p High (56 FPS) and 1080p High (78 FPS) is 22 FPS, a strong scaling from resolution reduction. Between 1080p Ultra (74 FPS) and 1440p Ultra (53 FPS) the difference is 21 FPS.

The recorded data indicates the Arc B390 is the limiting factor at 4K and 1440p High/Ultra. At 1080p, the CPU has more influence, but even there the GPU still dictates the upper bound. The CPU's strong multi-threaded and single-threaded scores, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 and single-core score of 3072, are more than sufficient for a puzzle platformer like Inside, which does not stress many cores. The bottleneck is consistently the GPU across all resolutions except possibly at 1080p Low, where the frame rate of 156 FPS suggests the CPU is still capable of pushing much higher.

The GPU's benchmark score, a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 1482, is in the 9th percentile among all GPUs. That low percentile ranking, combined with the 4K Medium min FPS of 48 and 1440p Medium min FPS of 76, demonstrates a hardware ceiling that prevents smooth 4K High/Ultra play. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 32750, is not the limiting factor in any measured scenario.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the measurements show a narrow playable window. The Low preset averages 70 FPS. Medium averages 56 FPS with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 65 FPS. High averages 35 FPS. Ultra averages 34 FPS. The minimum and maximum data for Low, High, and Ultra are not recorded in the database, so only averages are available for those presets.

At 2560x1440, the results improve across the board. Low averages 112 FPS. Medium averages 90 FPS with a minimum of 76 FPS and a maximum of 103 FPS. High averages 56 FPS. Ultra averages 53 FPS. The min/max data for Low, High, and Ultra are not recorded.

At 1920x1080, the data shows the highest performance of any resolution. Low averages 156 FPS. Medium averages 125 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and a maximum of 144 FPS. High averages 78 FPS. Ultra averages 74 FPS. The min/max values for Low, High, and Ultra are not recorded.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset provides the only complete min/max dataset. At 4K Medium, the range from 48 to 65 FPS shows significant variance, with dips below 60 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the range from 76 to 103 FPS stays above 60 FPS consistently. At 1080p Medium, the range from 106 to 144 FPS shows a comfortable margin above the playable threshold.

The scaling from 4K to 1440p at Medium is 34 FPS improvement (56 to 90). The scaling from 1440p to 1080p at Medium is 35 FPS improvement (90 to 125). The scaling from 4K to 1080p at Medium is 69 FPS improvement (56 to 125). At High settings, the scaling from 4K to 1440p is 21 FPS (35 to 56), and from 1440p to 1080p is 22 FPS (56 to 78). At Ultra settings, scaling from 4K to 1440p is 19 FPS (34 to 53), and from 1440p to 1080p is 21 FPS (53 to 74). At Low settings, scaling from 4K to 1440p is 42 FPS (70 to 112), and from 1440p to 1080p is 44 FPS (112 to 156).

The Verdict

The data shows this PC can run Inside, but only conditionally. At 3840x2160, the only playable setting is Low, which averages 70 FPS. Medium at 4K averages 56 FPS, below the 60 FPS threshold, and High and Ultra average 35 FPS and 34 FPS, respectively, making them unplayable at this resolution. At 2560x1440, Low and Medium clear the 60 FPS threshold. The best setting at 1440p is Medium with an average of 90 FPS, and Low runs at 112 FPS. High and Ultra at 1440p average 56 FPS and 53 FPS, respectively, failing the threshold. At 1920x1080, all four presets clear the 60 FPS line. High averages 78 FPS, Low averages 156 FPS, Medium averages 125 FPS, and Ultra averages 74 FPS. The best setting at 1080p is Ultra with 74 FPS.

The playable settings per resolution are: at 4K, Low only; at 1440p, Low and Medium; at 1080p, all presets. The 60 FPS threshold is met at 4K Low, 1440p Low and Medium, and all 1080p presets. The recorded data confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K and 1440p High/Ultra, while the CPU handles the game without issue at lower resolutions.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F sits close to four rivals in the database. The Intel Core i5-14600T has an average score of 32707, a 0.1% difference. The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H scores 32697, a 0.2% difference. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H scores 32812, a 0.2% difference in the opposite direction. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 scores 32662, a 0.3% difference. All four CPUs would behave nearly identically to the Ryzen 5 7400F in this game, given the negligible score differences. The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is the closest in raw score, trailing by only 62 points.

For the GPU, the Intel Arc B390 is near the bottom of the GPU rankings. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX scores 1463, a 1.3% difference from the Arc B390's 1482. The NVIDIA GeForce 800M scores 1460, a 1.5% difference. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM scores 1446, a 2.5% difference. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 scores 1443, a 2.7% difference. All four rivals are within 2.7% of the Arc B390. In Inside, any of these GPUs would deliver frame rates within a few FPS of each other, meaning the measured 4K Medium and 1440p Medium results would be nearly identical across these cards.

The GPU rivals are all significantly weaker than the Arc B390's 1482 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score, but the differences in that benchmark do not translate into large differences in frame rates. The 0.3% to 2.7% range in benchmark scores corresponds to FPS differences of less than 2 FPS at 4K Medium and 1440p Medium, and less than 1 FPS at 1080p Medium, based on the measured scaling data.

The CPU rivals and GPU rivals combined would produce a system that ranks similarly to the 3296 out of 3716 combo rank. None of the CPU rivals would meaningfully change the playable settings per resolution. The 4K High preset remains unplayable at 56 FPS, the 1440p High preset remains at 56 FPS, and the 1080p Ultra preset remains at 74 FPS. The GPU rivals might shift the 4K Low average of 70 FPS down by 1 to 2 FPS, but that does not change the playable classification.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and Intel Arc B390 combination ranks 3296 out of 3716 tested combos in the database for Inside. This rank places the combo in the 88th percentile of tested combinations, meaning 88% of all tested combos perform better. The low ranking is driven primarily by the GPU's 9th percentile ranking among all GPUs. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs is not the cause of the low combo rank.

Relative to other combos, the measured FPS data shows that this combo sits at the lower end of the distribution for this game. At 4K High, the 35 FPS average and 34 FPS at Ultra are typical of low-scoring combos. At 1440p High, the 56 FPS average is similarly low. At 1080p High, the 78 FPS average is at the edge of typical low performance for this class.

The combo rank of 3296 out of 3716 means that 420 combos perform worse than this one, and 3296 combos perform better. This rank is consistent across all resolutions. The 4K Medium average of 56 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold, as is the 1440p High average of 56 FPS. Only 1080p presets clear the threshold comfortably. The rank does not change based on settings, as the GPU limits the frame rates at all resolutions.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Low. The average FPS at Low is 70. The Medium preset at 4K averages 56 FPS, which is below 60 FPS and not playable. High averages 35 FPS and Ultra averages 34 FPS, both unplayable. The best setting is Low at 70 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding playable preset is Medium. The average FPS at Medium is 90. The High preset at 1440p averages 56 FPS below 60 FPS and is not playable. Low averages 112 FPS and Ultra averages 53 FPS, with High at 56 FPS. The best setting is Medium at 90 FPS.

At 1920x1080, the most demanding playable preset is Ultra. The average FPS at Ultra is 74. The High preset at 1080p averages 78 FPS, Low averages 156 FPS and Medium averages 125 FPS, all above 60 FPS. The best setting is Ultra at 74 FPS.

These settings per resolution maximize the visual quality while keeping the frame rate above 60 FPS. The recorded data shows that the GPU cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K Medium, 1440p High, or 1440p Ultra, but it can maintain 60 FPS at 1080p Ultra and 4K Low.