Inside

Inside is a 2016 puzzle platformer that is remarkably undemanding, and the data confirms that the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination crushes it at every tested setting. The measured FPS figures show a system that never approaches a performance ceiling, making this pairing extreme overkill for the game’s side-scrolling challenges. With an average FPS well above 100 even at 4K Ultra, this combo delivers a flawless, stutter-free experience that is limited only by the refresh rate of the display it is connected to.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The benchmark results for this CPU and GPU pairing reveal a linear progression of performance that scales cleanly with resolution and settings. At 1920x1080, the lowest tested resolution, the system is almost certainly bottlenecked by the CPU’s single-thread performance rather than the GPU. The average frame rates are astronomically high, starting at 337.4 FPS on Low settings. Moving to Medium reduces the average to 313.5 FPS, a modest 7.1% drop. High settings yield 252.5 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 243.6 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is a mere 3.5%, suggesting that the visual complexity of Ultra does not add a significant load on the RTX 4070 SUPER at this resolution.

Stepping up to 2560x1440, the GPU begins to take on more responsibility, but the performance remains overwhelmingly high. Low settings at this resolution deliver an average of 303.8 FPS, which is only a 10% reduction compared to the same settings at 1080p. Medium settings produce 281.6 FPS, and High settings average 183.6 FPS. The most demanding preset, Ultra, still holds an average of 177.2 FPS. This represents a 27% drop from the 1080p Ultra result, indicating that the 1440p resolution is starting to engage the GPU’s shading units and memory bandwidth more heavily, though it remains far from a stress test.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes more dramatically. Low settings still produce a staggering 229.4 FPS average, which is higher than most systems can achieve at 1080p. Medium settings drop to 187.1 FPS, and High settings fall to 114.8 FPS. Ultra settings at 4K average 109 FPS, which is a 38% reduction from the 1440p Ultra result. This shows a clear scaling trend where the pixel throughput of 4K places a tangible load on the GPU, yet the RTX 4070 SUPER still maintains a frame rate that is nearly double the 60 FPS playability threshold. The minimum and maximum FPS values are not provided in the data, but the average figures alone are sufficient to declare the game unplayable only in the sense that it is too fast for a standard 60 Hz monitor to fully display.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The data from the nearestRivals field provides context for how this specific combination behaves compared to other hardware pairings. For the CPU, the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F sits in a tight cluster of processors with nearly identical average benchmark scores. The closest rival is the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, which has an average score of 24964, a mere 0.2% lower than the 8400F’s 25005. The Intel Core i7-11850H is 0.3% behind, and the Intel Core i7-13620H is 0.4% behind. On the other side, the AMD EPYC 9474F is 0.4% ahead. In practical terms for Inside, these differences are negligible; any of these CPUs would deliver identical frame rates because the game’s physics and logic are not demanding enough to expose the single-thread or multi-thread differences between them.

For the GPU, the RTX 4070 SUPER is positioned against some unusual rivals. The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB scores 43262, which is 0.1% higher than the RTX 4070 SUPER’s 43223. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile matches that 0.1% lead, and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 is 0.2% ahead. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a full 1% ahead with a score of 43667. These deltas are all within the margin of error for synthetic benchmarks, and for a game like Inside, they would produce identical FPS results. The only meaningful takeaway is that the RTX 4070 SUPER is a high-end card that performs at the same level as a top-tier mobile RTX 4090, meaning any of these GPUs would run the game at the same 4K Ultra settings without breaking a sweat.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 109 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: Can this system run the game at 1440p with High settings?

A: Yes, the average FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings is 183.6 FPS, leaving a massive margin over the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 SUPER overkill for this game?

A: Yes, the data shows that even at the most demanding 4K Ultra preset, the average FPS is 109, which is nearly double the playability threshold. At 1080p Low, it reaches 337.4 FPS, indicating the game is not GPU-bound in any meaningful way.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 8400F compare to the Ryzen 5 7500F for this game?

A: The Ryzen 5 8400F has an average benchmark score of 25005, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 5 7500F’s 24964. This difference is negligible, and both CPUs would deliver identical performance in Inside.

Q: What is the best settings preset according to the verdict data?

A: The verdictByResolution data lists Ultra as the best settings for all three tested resolutions, with average FPS of 243.6 at 1080p, 177.2 at 1440p, and 109 at 4K.

Q: Does the game ever drop below 60 FPS at any tested setting?

A: No, the lowest average FPS recorded across all resolutions and settings is 109 FPS at 4K Ultra. Every other configuration produces a higher average, so the game never approaches the playability threshold.

The Verdict

This PC configuration can absolutely run Inside, and it does so with an absurd level of performance headroom. The verdictByResolution data explicitly lists all four settings presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—as playable at every resolution. At 1920x1080, the best settings are Ultra, which delivers an average of 243.6 FPS. At 2560x1440, Ultra is also the best choice, with an average of 177.2 FPS. Even at the demanding 3840x2160 resolution, Ultra settings produce an average of 109 FPS. Every one of these figures clears the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin, meaning that a user with a 60 Hz monitor will never see a frame drop, and a user with a 120 Hz or 144 Hz display will still be able to take full advantage of their refresh rate at the highest quality settings. The only limitation is the display itself, not the hardware.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results indicate that the GPU is the primary scaling factor as resolution increases, while the CPU remains largely idle. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra settings is 93.8 FPS (from 337.4 down to 243.6), which is a 27.8% performance hit. This suggests that the GPU is doing more work with higher-quality shaders and textures, but the CPU is not a bottleneck because the game’s single-threaded logic is simple. When moving from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra, the FPS drops from 243.6 to 177.2, a 27.2% reduction. This is a direct result of the GPU having to render 78% more pixels. The CPU’s role is static; it must feed the GPU with draw calls, but the data shows no evidence of CPU limitation because the 1440p and 4K results scale proportionally with pixel count.

At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 109 is a 38.4% drop from the 1440p Ultra figure, which aligns with the 2.25x increase in pixel count (from 3.7 million to 8.3 million). This scaling behavior confirms that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the sole performance determinant at high resolutions. The CPU’s benchmark scores, such as the Cinebench R23 multi-core result of 20851, are irrelevant here because Inside does not utilize multi-threaded workloads. Instead, the single-thread score of 2943 in Cinebench R23 is what matters, and it is more than sufficient to keep the GPU fed at all times. The data strongly implies that the CPU could be swapped for a much weaker part without changing the FPS at 4K, but the GPU is the component that defines the experience.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of all tested hardware combinations for Inside, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 8400F and RTX 4070 SUPER ranks 544th out of 3716 combos. This places it in the top 15% of all systems tested, which is a strong showing given the game’s low requirements. The percentile rankings for the individual components support this: the CPU is in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU is in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. The comboRankInGame of 544 is likely influenced by the fact that many other configurations with even more powerful CPUs and GPUs are tested, but the actual FPS differences between those top-tier systems and this one are minimal because the game is so easy to run. The data shows that this combo is not the absolute fastest, but it is far beyond the level needed to achieve a perfect experience. The rank of 544 out of 3716 reflects the fact that the RTX 4070 SUPER is a high-end card, but it also highlights that Inside is not a game that rewards spending more money on hardware beyond a certain point.