Inside

FAQ

Q: Can this combination of Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER run Inside at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, every tested setting clears the 60 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset averages 67.2 FPS, High averages 70.5 FPS, Medium averages 110.9 FPS, and Low averages 143.1 FPS.

Q: What is the best setting to use at 1440p with this hardware?

A: The Ultra preset is fully playable and delivers the highest visual quality. Benchmark results show an average of 105.7 FPS at 2560x1440 Ultra, which is well above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17177. It sits 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120), 0.6% above the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074), 0.4% below the Intel Core i5-12450H (17239), and 0.6% below the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17278).

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest alternatives?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 20282. It trails the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M by 1% (20480), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile by 1.2% (20534), the Intel Arc B570 by 1.3% (20556), and the Intel Arc A750 by 1.5% (20582).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: The gap is substantial. Low settings produce an average of 274.3 FPS, while Ultra drops to 148.2 FPS. That is a reduction of roughly 126 FPS when moving from the lowest to the highest preset.

Q: Does the RTX 2070 SUPER support modern graphics APIs needed for Inside?

A: Yes. The GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, which covers the API requirements for this puzzle platformer.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured frame rates across resolutions reveal how the balance shifts between the Intel Core i5-11400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER in Inside. At 1920x1080, the game is heavily GPU-bound at every preset. The Low preset reaches 274.3 FPS, Medium drops to 246.2 FPS, High falls to 155.8 FPS, and Ultra settles at 148.2 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a 126 FPS spread, which indicates that the GPU is the primary limiter even at the lowest settings, since the CPU has enough headroom to feed extremely high frame rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with tighter margins. Low averages 225.2 FPS, Medium 177 FPS, High 110.2 FPS, and Ultra 105.7 FPS. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is about 49 FPS, while the drop from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra is about 42.5 FPS. This consistent reduction across all presets points to the GPU carrying most of the rendering load as resolution increases. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, are more than sufficient for this title; the data shows no scenario where the CPU becomes the bottleneck.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's role becomes even more pronounced. Low averages 143.1 FPS, Medium 110.9 FPS, High 70.5 FPS, and Ultra 67.2 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is barely above the 60 FPS threshold, while 4K Low still delivers over 140 FPS. The resolution scaling from 1440p to 4K reduces frame rates by roughly 36% to 41% depending on the preset, which is a clear sign that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are being pushed harder at higher pixel counts. The CPU's contribution remains steady; its multi-threaded performance, as reflected in a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14340 and a Passmark multi-thread score of 16908, is far beyond what Inside demands.

The verdict from the data is straightforward: the GPU dictates performance at every resolution, and the CPU never becomes a limiting factor. Even at 1080p Low, where frame rates exceed 270 FPS, the i5-11400F keeps up without issue. The game's modest rendering requirements, combined with the GPU's 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, mean that Inside is a title where the graphics card matters almost exclusively.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded data for this combination includes average frame rates at four resolutions and four settings presets. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded, so the analysis relies on average FPS alone.

At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low settings produce an average of 274.3 FPS, Medium settings produce 246.2 FPS, High settings produce 155.8 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 148.2 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 28.1 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs 90.4 FPS, a much larger jump. The difference between High and Ultra is only 7.6 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the top end.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 225.2 FPS on Low, 177 FPS on Medium, 110.2 FPS on High, and 105.7 FPS on Ultra. The transition from Low to Medium removes 48.2 FPS, and from Medium to High removes 66.8 FPS. High to Ultra is again a small step, losing just 4.5 FPS. This mirrors the 1080p pattern where the gap between High and Ultra is minor.

At 3840x2160, the averages drop to 143.1 FPS on Low, 110.9 FPS on Medium, 70.5 FPS on High, and 67.2 FPS on Ultra. Low to Medium costs 32.2 FPS, Medium to High costs 40.4 FPS, and High to Ultra costs only 3.3 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the closest this combination comes to the 60 FPS playable threshold, but it stays above it.

Across all resolutions, the High to Ultra delta is consistently small, ranging from 3.3 to 7.6 FPS. The Medium to High delta is the largest, ranging from 40.4 to 90.4 FPS. Low to Medium deltas sit in between, from 28.1 to 48.2 FPS. This suggests that the visual quality gain from High to Ultra is nearly free in performance terms, while the jump from Medium to High carries the heaviest cost.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals for the CPU, the Intel Core i5-11400F's average benchmark score of 17177 places it in a tight cluster. The AMD EPYC 7H12 scores 17120, just 0.3% lower, meaning it would behave virtually identically in CPU-bound scenarios. The Intel Core Ultra 7 164U scores 17074, 0.6% lower, also a negligible difference. On the other side, the Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17239, 0.4% higher, and the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G scores 17278, 0.6% higher. Any of these processors would deliver essentially the same frame rates in Inside, since the game is not CPU-intensive and the i5-11400F already provides ample headroom.

For the GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER's average benchmark score of 20282 is closely matched by four other cards. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 20480, 1% higher. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534, 1.2% higher. The Intel Arc B570 scores 20556, 1.3% higher, and the Intel Arc A750 scores 20582, 1.5% higher. These deltas are all within 1.5%, so any of these GPUs would produce frame rates within a few percent of the RTX 2070 SUPER in Inside. At 4K Ultra, where the RTX 2070 SUPER averages 67.2 FPS, a GPU 1.5% faster would average roughly 68 FPS, still comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. At 1080p Low, the differences would be imperceptible in practical terms.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 71 among all CPUs and the GPU's percentile ranking of 65 among all GPUs indicate that both components sit in the upper-middle range of their respective categories. The synthetic benchmarks reinforce this: the CPU scores 14340 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2024 in single-core, while the GPU scores 18169 in Passmark G3D and 83358 in Geekbench OpenCL.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific CPU and GPU pairing ranks 2212 out of 3716 tested combinations in Inside. That places it in the lower half of the database, which may seem surprising given the high frame rates measured. The explanation lies in the nature of the game: Inside is a puzzle platformer with modest graphical demands, so many older or less powerful combinations also achieve high frame rates. The combo rank reflects overall performance across the entire database, not just whether the game is playable.

The 2212 rank means there are 2211 combinations that deliver higher average performance in this title, and 1504 combinations that deliver lower performance. The percentile position, roughly in the 40th percentile of tested combos, does not contradict the measured results. What matters for playability is the absolute frame rate, and the data shows this combo clears 60 FPS at every resolution and preset tested. The rank is informative for comparing against other hardware combinations, but it does not change the conclusion that this PC runs Inside exceptionally well.

The measured FPS data is marked as directly measured rather than estimated, which adds confidence to the results. The playable threshold of 60 FPS is exceeded by a wide margin in most scenarios, with the only close call being 4K Ultra at 67.2 FPS.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at every resolution and setting combination that was tested. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, all four settings presets are playable, with the best setting being Ultra at an average of 67.2 FPS. At 2560x1440, all presets are playable, with Ultra averaging 105.7 FPS. At 1920x1080, all presets are playable, with Ultra averaging 148.2 FPS.

The 60 FPS threshold is cleared everywhere. The lowest recorded average is 67.2 FPS at 4K Ultra, which leaves a 7.2 FPS margin. Every other configuration exceeds 100 FPS. For players who prioritize frame rate over visual fidelity, the Low preset at 1080p delivers 274.3 FPS, and even at 4K Low the average stays at 143.1 FPS. For players who want maximum visual quality, the Ultra preset is viable at all three resolutions.

The Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER pairing is more than adequate for Inside. The game's release date of 2016 means it predates this hardware by several years, and the modest rendering load of a 2D puzzle platformer plays into the strengths of both components. The GPU's 8 GB of VRAM is never stressed, and the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are never fully utilized. The data shows a combination that delivers a smooth experience across the board, with the only consideration being that 4K Ultra sits closer to the 60 FPS line than the other configurations. Even so, it stays above it, making this a straightforward recommendation for anyone running Inside with this hardware.