Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Intel Arc B580 combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a game that is far more demanding than its minimalist art style suggests. Benchmark data shows this pairing obliterates the 60 FPS target at every resolution tested, with headroom to spare even at 4K Ultra settings. For a puzzle platformer, this level of performance is overkill, but it ensures silky-smooth gameplay regardless of your display configuration.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 3840x2160 (4K), the most demanding preset that maintains 60 FPS is Ultra, which averages 60.9 FPS. This is a razor-thin margin above the playability threshold, so while it technically clears the bar, the High preset at 60 FPS offers no meaningful advantage—both are effectively locked to the same experience. The Medium preset at 95.9 FPS provides substantial headroom if you prefer smoother motion over maximum visual fidelity, while Low at 119.9 FPS is nearly twice as fast as the Ultra setting.

At 2560x1440 (1440p), the best settings are Ultra with an average of 94.6 FPS. This is comfortably above 60 FPS, leaving roughly 35 FPS of overhead for demanding scenes. The High preset at 100.1 FPS and Medium at 157.9 FPS both offer excellent alternatives if you prioritize frame rate over visual quality, while Low at 190.5 FPS is essentially a competitive-shooter level of responsiveness in a game that rarely needs it.

At 1920x1080 (1080p), the Ultra preset averages 127.8 FPS, which is more than double the playability threshold. The High preset at 136 FPS is nearly identical, suggesting the visual differences between these two settings are minimal in practice. Medium at 212.3 FPS and Low at 270.3 FPS are far beyond what any display can show, making them pointless unless you are targeting a 240Hz or 360Hz monitor.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU and GPU both sit near well-known hardware in aggregate benchmark scores, meaning this combo behaves similarly to several other pairings. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26324, placing it within 0.2% of the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (score 26274) and 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (score 26402). It also trades blows with the Intel Core i9-11900KF (score 26212, delta 0.4%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (score 26187, delta 0.5%). In gaming workloads, any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Inside, which is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions.

On the graphics side, the Intel Arc B580 scores 23021 on average, ranking at the 68th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (score 23061, delta -0.2%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (score 22895, delta 0.6%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (score 23172, delta -0.7%), and the NVIDIA P106-100 (score 23249, delta -1%). While the RTX 3080 is a much more powerful card in modern titles, aggregate scores here show it within 0.7% of the B580, suggesting that in Inside specifically, these cards would deliver nearly identical frame rates. The RTX 2080, being the closest NVIDIA mainstream rival, would be the most predictable substitute for builders who prefer NVIDIA drivers.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data reveals a clear pattern: Inside scales almost linearly with resolution and settings, with no min or max FPS values recorded, indicating the frame times are stable enough that only averages were tracked.

At 3840x2160, the progression from Low to Ultra shows a steady decline: Low averages 119.9 FPS, Medium drops to 95.9 FPS, High falls to 60 FPS, and Ultra dips slightly to 60.9 FPS. The jump from Medium to High is the steepest, representing a 37.4% reduction in frame rate, which suggests the High preset enables a significant increase in rendering complexity—likely volumetric lighting or shadow quality—that the B580 handles at exactly the playability threshold.

At 2560x1440, the numbers are far more comfortable: Low hits 190.5 FPS, Medium averages 157.9 FPS, High runs at 100.1 FPS, and Ultra settles at 94.6 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is just 5.5%, indicating that the Ultra preset adds only modest overhead over High at this resolution. The difference between Low and Medium is 17.1%, a more substantial jump that likely reflects texture streaming and draw distance improvements.

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are extraordinary: Low averages 270.3 FPS, Medium runs at 212.3 FPS, High hits 136 FPS, and Ultra maintains 127.8 FPS. The scaling from 1440p to 1080p is not perfectly linear—Ultra at 1080p is 35.1% faster than at 1440p, while Low is 41.9% faster—which indicates that the CPU begins to play a larger role at lower resolutions, though the Ryzen 5 7600's single-thread score of 999 in 3DMark and 1852 in Cinebench R23 ensures it never becomes a bottleneck.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at every resolution and every preset above 60 FPS. The verdictByResolution data confirms that all four settings—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—are playable at 4K, 1440p, and 1080p. At 3840x2160, the best playable setting is Ultra at 60.9 FPS, which is technically above the threshold but leaves no room for frame drops; the High preset at 60 FPS is identical in practice. For a game like Inside, where precise timing is rarely critical, even the Ultra preset at 4K is acceptable, but builders with 4K displays should consider the Medium preset at 95.9 FPS for a more comfortable margin.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is unambiguous: Ultra at 94.6 FPS is the recommended configuration, providing both visual fidelity and substantial headroom. At 1920x1080, Ultra at 127.8 FPS is similarly ideal, and the sheer frame rates available at this resolution mean that even the most demanding scenes will never approach the playability threshold. The only caveat is the 4K Ultra result, which sits just 0.9 FPS above the threshold—players who notice micro-stutter should drop to Medium for a 57.4% frame rate increase.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data shows that the GPU is the dominant component for Inside, especially at higher resolutions. The scaling between settings at each resolution is consistent: moving from Low to Ultra at 4K reduces frame rate by 49.2%, at 1440p by 50.3%, and at 1080p by 52.7%. This near-identical percentage drop across resolutions indicates that the graphics card's workload scales predictably with pixel count and settings, while the CPU's contribution remains relatively constant.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when comparing resolutions at the same settings. From 4K to 1440p at Ultra, the frame rate increases by 55.3% (from 60.9 to 94.6 FPS), and from 1440p to 1080p it increases by 35.1% (from 94.6 to 127.8 FPS). These gains are larger than the raw pixel count reduction would suggest, implying that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU faster at lower resolutions. The Ryzen 5 7600's multi-thread score of 12735 in Cinebench R23 and 27058 in PassMark indicates it has ample headroom for this game's logic and physics, which are likely single-threaded given the genre.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor—the B580's 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 456 GB/s of memory bandwidth are just enough to hit 60 FPS at Ultra. At 1080p, the CPU becomes more relevant, but the measured frame rates of 270.3 FPS at Low suggest that neither component is fully saturated; the game simply scales beyond what most displays can show. For builders pairing this combo, the takeaway is that the B580 is the component to upgrade first if targeting 4K with higher frame rates, while the Ryzen 5 7600 will remain relevant for years.

How This Combo Ranks

This configuration ranks 2799 out of 3716 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the 24.7th percentile of all system pairings. This may sound low, but it reflects the fact that Inside is an older title (released in 2016) that runs well on almost any modern hardware, so the benchmark database is crowded with high-scoring combinations. The Ryzen 5 7600 sits at the 78th percentile of all CPUs, while the Arc B580 ranks at the 68th percentile of all GPUs, yet their combined ranking is lower because the game's modest requirements mean even mid-range components from previous generations achieve similar frame rates.

The rank is further influenced by the fact that this combo's measured FPS, while excellent in absolute terms, are not exceptional relative to the fastest tested systems. A pairing with a higher-end GPU like the RTX 3080—which is within 0.7% of the B580 in aggregate score—would likely land in a similar rank, but systems with top-tier cards like the RTX 4090 would push frame rates far beyond the 270.3 FPS maximum recorded here. For practical purposes, the rank indicates that this combo is solidly mid-pack for Inside specifically, but it outperforms the vast majority of systems in the database when considering the playability threshold of 60 FPS. Any builder purchasing this hardware today can expect flawless performance in this game, with headroom that will carry over to more demanding titles.