Inside

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT runs Inside without breaking a sweat — at every resolution tested, including 4K Ultra, the combo clears the 60 FPS playable threshold with enormous headroom. Measured data places this pairing at rank 756 out of 3716 combinations for this game, and the numbers behind that rank show a rig that is dramatically overqualified for a 2016 puzzle platformer. Below is the full breakdown of best settings, component roles, and exact frame rates.

Best Settings per Resolution

The answer is the same at every resolution: Ultra, the most demanding preset available, is the best setting this hardware can run while staying at or above 60 FPS.

• 1920x1080 (1080p): Ultra, averaging 237.8 FPS — nearly four times the playable threshold.
• 2560x1440 (1440p): Ultra, averaging 166.9 FPS.
• 3840x2160 (4K): Ultra, averaging 107.6 FPS — still comfortably above 60 FPS even at the highest pixel count and highest preset.

There is no scenario in the measured data where a setting reduction is required for playability. Every preset at every resolution — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — clears 60 FPS. Ultra is simply the correct choice because it delivers the game's fullest visual presentation without dropping below the threshold. Even the slowest measured result, 4K Ultra at 107.6 FPS, offers nearly double the required headroom.

CPU and GPU Roles

For this game, the GPU is the component that shapes performance at higher resolutions, but the relationship is softer than in a demanding modern title — and the CPU never comes close to being a limiting factor.

The scaling data makes the GPU's role clear. Going from 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra drops the average from 237.8 FPS to 107.6 FPS — a fall of roughly 55% as pixel count quadruples. That kind of resolution-driven decline indicates the frame rate is being bounded by graphics throughput, not by the processor's ability to feed frames. The pattern holds across presets: at 4K, Low averages 224.6 FPS while Ultra averages 107.6 FPS, a gap of over 100 FPS between the lightest and heaviest presets — again a signature of GPU-bound behavior.

The CPU's contribution, while real, is secondary. The i5-12400F sits in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs and posts strong credentials: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 12380, a single-core score of 1680, a Geekbench multi-core result of 9472, and a PassMark multithread score of 19433. Six cores and twelve threads on the Alder Lake-S architecture at up to a 4.40 GHz boost are far more than a 2016 puzzle platformer demands. The data shows this pairing is GPU-influenced at the top end, with a processor that simply never runs out of steam.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All numbers below are measured averages; minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for this dataset.

1920x1080:

• Low: 316.5 FPS
• Medium: 296.6 FPS
• High: 242.6 FPS
• Ultra: 237.8 FPS

At 1080p the game is effectively capped by how fast frames can be produced at all. Even Ultra sits just under 240 FPS, and Medium trails Low by only about 20 FPS — the preset-to-preset differences compress at the high end, indicating the engine is running at near-maximum throughput.

2560x1440:

• Low: 288.5 FPS
• Medium: 261.5 FPS
• High: 176.2 FPS
• Ultra: 166.9 FPS

The 1440p results show the GPU beginning to earn its keep. Low and Medium remain close together near the top, while High and Ultra drop by roughly 100 FPS into the high-160s to high-170s range — a clear step where the heavier presets start costing real performance.

3840x2160:

• Low: 224.6 FPS
• Medium: 178.2 FPS
• High: 112.8 FPS
• Ultra: 107.6 FPS

At 4K the RX 7900 XT's 20 GB of GDDR6 and 800 GB/s of memory bandwidth are doing meaningful work, and the result is still exceptional: even the heaviest preset averages above 107 FPS. High and Ultra cluster tightly — only about 5 FPS apart — while the lighter presets stay well above 170 FPS. Across the entire matrix, no configuration falls below 60 FPS; the slowest entry is 107.6 FPS at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Inside at 4K on max settings?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 on Ultra, the measured average is 107.6 FPS — well above the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the single best settings configuration for this hardware?

A: 1920x1080 on Low, which averages 316.5 FPS, is the fastest measured result. For visual quality, 4K Ultra at 107.6 FPS is the most demanding playable configuration.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12400F fast enough to avoid bottlenecking in this game?

A: Yes. The measured data shows resolution and preset scaling consistent with GPU-bound behavior, and the CPU's benchmark scores — including 12380 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1680 in single-core — rank it in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs, with far more capability than this title requires.

Q: Does dropping from Ultra to High recover a lot of performance?

A: It depends on resolution. At 4K, High (112.8 FPS) gains only about 5 FPS over Ultra (107.6 FPS). At 1440p the gap is similarly small — 176.2 versus 166.9 FPS. The large recoveries happen between Medium and High, so if maximum frame rate matters more than visuals, Medium is the sweet spot.

Q: How does this CPU + GPU combination rank for this game?

A: It ranks 756 out of 3716 combinations tested — inside the top quartile of hardware pairings for Inside.

Q: Is 60 FPS guaranteed everywhere in the game?

A: The measured averages exceed 60 FPS at every preset and resolution, but minimum frame rates were not captured in this dataset, so momentary dips cannot be ruled out — though the headroom at every setting is large.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i5-12400F's average benchmark score of 19039 is matched almost exactly by a cluster of rivals: the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (avgScore 19047, deltaPct 0), the Intel Core 3 201E (19056, -0.1%), the Intel Core i5-1335U (18982, 0.3%), and the AMD EPYC 7773X (18979, 0.3%). Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical performance in this title, since the game barely stresses the 12400F to begin with — though the mobile and embedded parts in that list come with their own platform considerations.

On the GPU side, the RX 7900 XT's average score of 13745 has nearby rivals in the AMD Radeon 660M (13812, -0.5%), the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile (13821, -0.5%), the AMD Radeon RX 570X (13871, -0.9%), and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (13543, 1.5%). By these aggregate score comparisons, those cards fall within roughly one-and-a-half percent of the 7900 XT's overall benchmark standing, suggesting broadly similar behavior. Given that Inside runs at 4K Ultra above 107 FPS on the 7900 XT, hardware in this neighborhood should handle the game comfortably as well. The 7900 XT itself sits in the 55th percentile of all GPUs, backed by a PassMark G3D score of 29009 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 71068.

The Verdict

Yes — unequivocally. This PC runs Inside at every resolution and every preset tested. The verdict data confirms playable settings of Low, Medium, High, and Ultra at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K alike, with best settings being Ultra across the board: 237.8 FPS at 1920x1080, 166.9 FPS at 2560x1440, and 107.6 FPS at 3840x2160. Every one of those figures is far above the 60 FPS threshold, meaning the i5-12400F and RX 7900 XT pairing doesn't merely play Inside — it plays it at frame rates that exceed what most displays can show, on the highest visual preset, at the highest consumer resolution. For this game, the hardware is overkill in the best possible way.