Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers an exceptional experience in Inside, with benchmark results showing that every tested resolution and preset combination clears the 60 FPS playability threshold by a substantial margin. This combination of a high-end Zen 5 desktop processor and a flagship Ada Lovelace GPU produces frame rates that range from a low of 140 FPS at 4K Ultra to a staggering 431 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating that the game is effectively trivialized by this hardware configuration. The data confirms this is a top-tier pairing for this title, ranking 36th out of 3,716 tested combos.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured performance data for this configuration is characterized by extremely high frame rates across all scenarios, with the only potential bottleneck appearing at the highest resolution and preset. At 3840x2160 (4K), the Ultra preset delivers an average of 140 FPS, while the High preset is marginally faster at 147 FPS. Dropping to Medium yields a significant increase to 235 FPS, with a minimum of 200 FPS and a maximum of 270 FPS, showing that the game has substantial headroom even when demanding settings are enabled. The Low preset at 4K produces an average of 293 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU is not heavily taxed by this title’s visual requirements.

Moving to 2560x1440 (1440p), the performance scales upward as expected. The Ultra preset achieves an average of 222 FPS, while High delivers 234 FPS. The Medium preset at this resolution produces an average of 356 FPS, with a minimum of 303 FPS and a maximum of 410 FPS, indicating that the frame pacing remains consistent even during demanding scenes. The Low preset reaches an average of 386 FPS, which is a substantial jump from the 4K results and highlights the resolution scaling efficiency of this hardware.

At 1920x1080 (1080p), the frame rates become exceptionally high, likely pushing against engine or synchronization limits rather than hardware capabilities. The Ultra preset averages 309 FPS, and High reaches 325 FPS. The Medium preset produces an average of 398 FPS, with a minimum of 338 FPS and a maximum of 457 FPS, showing the widest variance in the dataset. The Low preset at 1080p achieves an average of 431 FPS, which is the highest recorded average in the entire measurement set. These numbers indicate that at lower resolutions, the performance is so far beyond the 60 FPS threshold that the experience is limited only by the display’s refresh rate.

How This Combo Ranks

In the aggregate benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 36th out of 3,716 tested combos for Inside. This placement in the top percentile of all tested configurations underscores that this pairing is among the most capable available for this game. The rank is a combined measure of the CPU and GPU capabilities, and given the individual performance of both components, it is expected that this combo sits near the apex of the list.

The CPU alone, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F, holds a percentile rank of 94 against all CPUs, indicating it is faster than 94% of all processors in the database. Its average benchmark score is 69,996, which places it in close competition with several high-end alternatives. The GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, holds a percentile rank of 88 against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 60,347. While the GPU is not the absolute top-scoring part in its category, its ranking combined with the CPU’s strength pushes this combo to the 36th position overall. This suggests that the system’s performance in Inside is driven by a balanced contribution from both components, with neither acting as a significant limiting factor at the tested settings.

The data shows that this combo is not just playable but exceptionally overqualified for Inside, as its rank of 36 implies that only 35 other hardware combinations in the database deliver higher measured performance in this specific game. This is a strong indicator of the headroom available for future titles or more demanding scenarios.

CPU and GPU Roles

The benchmark results reveal a clear pattern regarding the roles of the CPU and GPU at different resolutions. At 3840x2160, the difference in average FPS between the Low and Ultra presets is 153 FPS (293 vs. 140), a 109% increase in favor of the Low preset. This substantial scaling indicates that at 4K, the GPU is the primary determinant of performance, as lowering the graphics load directly translates into significantly higher frame rates. The GPU is working harder at this resolution to fill the 8.3 million pixels, and the data shows it is more than capable, but the preset choice has a pronounced effect.

At 2560x1440, the scaling between Low and Ultra presets is 164 FPS (386 vs. 222), a 74% difference. The absolute gap widens, but the percentage difference narrows compared to 4K. This suggests that the GPU is still the main factor, but the CPU is beginning to contribute more to the overall frame rate, as the lower resolution reduces the GPU’s per-frame workload. At 1920x1080, the difference between Low and Ultra is 122 FPS (431 vs. 309), a 39% difference. The percentage scaling is the smallest at this resolution, indicating that the CPU is now playing a more significant role in determining the maximum achievable frame rate.

The CPU’s influence is further illustrated by the Ryzen 7 9700F’s strong single-thread performance score of 4,691 in the PassMark single-thread test. Inside, being a puzzle platformer, likely has a single-threaded game logic thread that can become a bottleneck at very high frame rates. The data shows that at 1080p, the frame rates saturate around 400 FPS, suggesting that the CPU’s processing speed is the limiting factor, rather than the GPU’s rendering capacity. At 4K, the GPU’s workload is higher, and the CPU has more headroom, which is why the Low preset at 4K (293 FPS) is still lower than the Low preset at 1080p (431 FPS), but the gap is not as large as one might expect from a pure GPU-bound scenario.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For users considering this exact combination, the nearest rival CPUs in terms of benchmark score provide insight into what other processors would deliver similar performance. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX has an average score of 69,875, which is a 0.2% delta from the Ryzen 7 9700F's score, indicating they perform nearly identically. The Intel Core i7-14700KF scores 70,163, which is 0.2% higher than the 9700F, placing it as a very close equivalent. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69,515 (0.7% lower), and the Intel Core i7-14700K scores 69,355 (0.9% lower). These four CPUs represent the closest performance tier to the Ryzen 7 9700F, and swapping to any of them would likely produce negligible differences in Inside's frame rates, as the game is not heavily multi-threaded and these processors all have strong single-core capabilities.

On the GPU side, the nearest rivals to the RTX 4090 are significantly different in nature. The Intel Arc Pro A60 has an average score of 60,326, a 0% delta, meaning it is a direct performance match in the aggregate benchmarks. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 scores 60,140 (0.3% lower), and the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 61,896 (2.5% higher). The AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 58,657 (2.9% lower). It is important to note that these rival GPUs are professional workstation parts, not gaming cards, and their similar aggregate scores do not necessarily translate to identical gaming performance in Inside, particularly at 4K where the RTX 4090’s 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth provide a significant advantage. However, based purely on the benchmark scores, these are the closest alternatives.

Best Settings per Resolution

The data provides clear guidance on the most demanding preset that maintains at least 60 FPS at each resolution. At 3840x2160, all four tested presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable. The most demanding preset, Ultra, achieves an average of 140 FPS, which is more than double the 60 FPS threshold. Therefore, the best settings at 4K are Ultra, with a confirmed average of 140 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the story is the same: all presets are playable, and the Ultra preset is the recommended choice. The average FPS at 1440p Ultra is 222, which provides a very comfortable margin above the playability threshold. This is the highest resolution where the Ultra preset delivers more than 200 FPS, making it an ideal sweet spot for high-refresh-rate displays.

At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset averages 309 FPS, which is over five times the 60 FPS threshold. This is the highest average FPS recorded for the Ultra preset across all resolutions. The recommendation at 1080p is unequivocally Ultra, as the performance headroom is immense. In all cases, the data indicates that there is no scenario where this hardware cannot run the game at maximum settings without dropping below the playable threshold.

The Verdict

The question of whether this PC can run Inside is answered with a definitive yes, at every resolution and preset combination tested. The verdict data confirms that all playable settings at 3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080 are marked as playable, with the best settings being Ultra at each resolution. The average frame rates at Ultra settings are 140 FPS at 4K, 222 FPS at 1440p, and 309 FPS at 1080p. All of these figures are well above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

This hardware combination does not merely run the game; it overwhelms it. The lowest average FPS recorded in the entire dataset is 140 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is still significantly higher than the target. The minimum FPS values recorded for Medium presets (200 FPS at 4K, 303 FPS at 1440p, and 338 FPS at 1080p) also remain far above the threshold, indicating that even in the most demanding scenes, there is no risk of frame rate drops that would affect playability. For any user with a display capable of high refresh rates, this configuration will fully exploit its potential in Inside. The data leaves no room for doubt: this system clears the 60 FPS bar with extraordinary headroom at all times.