Inside

The pairing of an AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER raises a natural question for Inside, the 2016 Puzzle Platformer from Playdead: at what point does the hardware stop mattering? The benchmark data recorded for this combination suggests the answer arrives very early. Every tested resolution and every preset, from 1920x1080 Low through 3840x2160 Ultra, posts an average frame rate more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. This page walks through the measured numbers, explains which component is actually doing the work, and identifies nearby hardware that would deliver a similar experience.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The data set contains twelve measured configurations: three resolutions — 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 — each tested at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured in this run, so the analysis below rests entirely on the average FPS figures, all of which are measured rather than estimated.

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are uniformly enormous. Low averages 301.8 FPS, Medium averages 275.9, High averages 234, and Ultra averages 228.7. The spread between the cheapest and most expensive preset is therefore quite narrow in relative terms — dropping from Ultra to Low buys roughly a third more frames, which indicates the engine is not heavily taxed by visual detail at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the numbers shift down but remain far beyond the playable threshold. Low averages 271.7 FPS, Medium 246.6, High 210.6, and Ultra 197.5. The pattern mirrors the 1080p results: each step up in quality costs frames gradually rather than sharply, and even the most demanding preset stays comfortably in triple digits.

At 3840x2160, the demands of four times the pixel count of 1080p finally register. Low averages 230.5 FPS, Medium 212.4, High 135.1, and Ultra 127.9. Two things stand out. First, Low and Medium barely move relative to their 1440p counterparts — 230.5 versus 271.7, and 212.4 versus 246.6 — which points to a CPU or engine ceiling rather than a GPU limit at those settings. Second, High and Ultra drop more steeply from their 1440p equivalents, which is where the render load genuinely begins to scale with resolution.

Across all twelve configurations, not a single average falls below 60 FPS. The lowest figure in the entire data set, 127.9 FPS at 4K Ultra, is more than double the threshold.

CPU and GPU Roles

Which component limits this game? The scaling data gives a clear answer: at lower presets, the CPU; at higher presets and resolutions, the GPU begins to share the burden.

Start with the CPU-side evidence. The Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 processor with a 3.70 base clock and a 4.60 boost clock, sitting in the 78th percentile of all CPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 25517. Its single-thread results — 901 in 3DMark single thread and 3296 in PassMark single thread — are strong, and Inside is the kind of title where per-core speed matters more than core count. The tell is in the frame-rate plateau: at 4K, Low averages 230.5 and Medium 212.4, both within reach of the 1440p figures of 271.7 and 246.6. When increasing resolution by a large margin does not produce a proportional frame-rate drop, the GPU is not the limiter — the frame rate has hit a ceiling imposed by the CPU and the game engine itself. That ceiling sits somewhere above 200 FPS even at 4K.

The GPU-side evidence appears at High and Ultra. At 1440p Ultra the average is 197.5 FPS; at 4K Ultra it falls to 127.9. That is a substantial drop, and it shows the RTX 4080 SUPER is finally being asked to render real load. Even so, the GPU is operating far from its limits. The RTX 4080 SUPER, an Ada Lovelace card built on the AD103 chip at 5 nm with 10240 shading units and 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, ranks in the 86th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 54209. Its PassMark G3D score of 34245 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6600 describe a card with enormous headroom for a 2016 puzzle platformer. In short: the CPU defines the maximum frame rate at light settings, and the GPU only becomes relevant at the heaviest settings and highest resolution — and even there it is nowhere near saturation.

One structural note: the Ryzen 7 5700 offers PCIe Gen 3 with 20 lanes from the CPU, while the RTX 4080 SUPER uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface. The data shows this does not hold the game back at any tested setting.

Best Settings per Resolution

Because the playable threshold is 60 FPS and every configuration clears it, the "best settings" question inverts: it becomes a matter of identifying the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS, and in this case the most demanding preset always qualifies.

• 1920x1080: Ultra is the ceiling, averaging 228.7 FPS — well over three times the threshold.
• 2560x1440: Ultra again, averaging 197.5 FPS.
• 3840x2160: Ultra once more, averaging 127.9 FPS, still more than double the 60 FPS bar.

There is no configuration trade-off to make. A player on this hardware should simply run Inside at Ultra at whatever resolution the display supports, including full 4K, without expectation of dipping toward unplayable territory on average. Players chasing very high refresh rates at 1080p or 1440p — where the averages reach into the 200s and beyond at Low — may prefer lighter presets, since Low at 1080p averages 301.8 FPS.

The Verdict

Yes — decisively. The verdict-by-resolution data confirms that at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, all four presets (Low, Medium, High, and Ultra) are playable, and the best settings at every resolution are Ultra: 228.7 FPS at 1080p, 197.5 at 1440p, and 127.9 at 4K. The Ryzen 7 5700 plus RTX 4080 SUPER combination does not merely run Inside; it runs it at maximum visual settings with frame-rate margins that would satisfy high-refresh displays at every tested resolution. For this particular title, the hardware is overkill in the most literal sense — the weakest measured result is more than twice the playable threshold.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPU-side equivalents, the Ryzen 7 5700's nearest rivals by average benchmark score are tightly clustered. The Intel Xeon D-2752TER averages 25530, just 0.1 percent behind; the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H averages 25550, also 0.1 percent off; the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U averages 25485, 0.1 percent ahead; and the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U averages 25446, 0.3 percent ahead. Any of these processors would deliver statistically indistinguishable aggregate performance, and given that Inside appears CPU-limited at light settings on this build, players on those chips should expect a similar frame-rate ceiling.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4080 SUPER's closest rival is its own sibling: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 averages 54247 versus 54209, a gap of just 0.1 percent — effectively identical. Further out sit the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X at 54828 (1.1 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB at 55698 (2.7 percent ahead), and the AMD Radeon 8060S at 55757 (2.8 percent ahead). All would render Inside at 4K Ultra with the same comfortable triple-digit averages, since the game's demands are far below what any of these cards can output.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database's Inside results, the Ryzen 7 5700 plus RTX 4080 SUPER combination ranks 665 out of 3716 tested combos. That placement puts it in the upper portion of the field — a strong showing, though not among the very fastest pairings recorded for this game. The ranking is consistent with the raw measurements: the frame rates are high across the board, but the CPU-side ceiling above roughly 300 FPS at light settings keeps the combination from topping charts dominated by stronger single-thread processors. For a player whose goal is 60 FPS or a smooth high-refresh experience, rank 665 of 3716 is more than sufficient; the distance to the top of the leaderboard matters only for competitive frame-rate chasing.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 5700 and RTX 4080 SUPER run Inside at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, every preset is playable: Low averages 230.5 FPS, Medium 212.4, High 135.1, and Ultra 127.9 — all well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best-looking setting this PC can use at each resolution?

A: Ultra at all three. It averages 228.7 FPS at 1920x1080, 197.5 FPS at 2560x1440, and 127.9 FPS at 3840x2160, so maximum visual quality never comes close to threatening playability.

Q: Is this game CPU-bound or GPU-bound on this hardware?

A: Mostly CPU-bound. Low and Medium presets show only small frame-rate drops when moving from 1440p to 4K (271.7 to 230.5 and 246.6 to 212.4), indicating a processor and engine ceiling. Only at High and Ultra does GPU load scale noticeably with resolution.

Q: How high do the frame rates go?

A: The highest measured average is 301.8 FPS at 1920x1080 on the Low preset, followed by 275.9 FPS at Medium on the same resolution.

Q: How does this pairing compare to other tested combinations for Inside?

A: It ranks 665 out of 3716 tested combos — a strong upper-field position, with margins that satisfy high-refresh play even though stronger single-thread CPUs top the leaderboard.

Q: What alternative hardware would perform similarly?

A: On the CPU side, the Intel Xeon D-2752TER, AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, Ryzen 5 6600H, and Ryzen 7 5825U all sit within 0.3 percent of the Ryzen 7 5700's average score. On the GPU side, the RTX 4080 is within 0.1 percent of the RTX 4080 SUPER, with the Radeon Pro W5700X, RX 6750 GRE 12 GB, and Radeon 8060S also close.