Inside

How This Combo Ranks

The database places this combination at rank 3362 out of 3716 tested hardware pairings for Inside. That puts it in the lower 10th percentile of all tested combos, which is a meaningful indicator of how this pairing behaves specifically in this game. The ranking is not a general-purpose compute ranking; it reflects measured performance in Inside, a puzzle platformer with modest rendering demands. The rank suggests that while the CPU is exceptionally strong in synthetic benchmarks, the GPU holds the pairing back in this title. The combination sits near the bottom of the tested pool, but the measured frame rates tell a more nuanced story than the raw rank alone. The rank is heavily influenced by the GPU's age and its position among all GPUs in the database, where it sits at the 53rd percentile. The CPU, by contrast, sits at the 90th percentile among all CPUs tested. That gap between component tiers is visible throughout the measured results, and it explains why the combo ranks low even though the game itself is not demanding by modern standards.

CPU and GPU Roles

For Inside, the recorded data shows that the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions and presets, while the CPU becomes largely irrelevant once the resolution drops or the preset is lowered. At 4K, the difference between Low and Ultra presets is stark: Low averages 70.6 FPS, Medium drops to 56.6 FPS, High falls to 35.5 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 34.8 FPS. That is a 35.8 FPS swing between Low and Ultra at the same resolution, which points almost entirely to GPU load. The CPU, a 14-core, 20-thread Raptor Lake part with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, is nowhere near its limit in a game like Inside. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32544 and single-core score of 4594 are far beyond what this title requires. The GPU, a Polaris 20 part with 2304 shading units and 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, is the component that determines whether the frame rate crosses the 60 FPS threshold.

Scaling across resolutions reinforces this. At Low settings, 1080p averages 151.5 FPS, 1440p drops to 110.7 FPS, and 4K falls to 70.6 FPS. That is a smooth, predictable degradation pattern consistent with GPU-bound rendering. At Ultra settings, 1080p averages 69.7 FPS, 1440p drops to 51.5 FPS, and 4K falls to 34.8 FPS. The gap between 1080p and 4K at Ultra is 34.9 FPS, nearly identical to the gap at Low (80.9 FPS difference). The CPU's role is essentially passive here; it never becomes the limiting factor at any tested resolution or preset. The data indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck in every configuration, and the CPU's high synthetic scores do not translate into higher frame rates because the GPU cannot feed frames fast enough at higher loads. For players using this combo, the practical takeaway is that the CPU is not the reason for any performance shortfall in Inside; the GPU is.

FAQ

Q: Can this combination run Inside at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: Yes. The measured average at 1920x1080 with the Ultra preset is 69.7 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. This is the only resolution where Ultra is playable.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 83.4 FPS, which is the highest preset that stays at or above 60 FPS. The High preset at this resolution averages 56.2 FPS, which falls below the threshold.

Q: Is 4K playable with this hardware?

A: Only at Low settings. The Low preset at 3840x2160 averages 70.6 FPS. Medium drops to 56.6 FPS, High falls to 35.5 FPS, and Ultra averages 34.8 FPS, all of which miss the 60 FPS target.

Q: How does the GPU compare to nearby alternatives?

A: The RX 580 has an average benchmark score of 12928. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile scores 12940, just 0.1% higher. The GTX 1660 SUPER scores 12986, 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon 740M scores 12870, 0.5% lower, and the AMD FirePro W5100 scores 12847, 0.6% lower. These are all effectively equivalent in overall benchmark terms.

Q: Does the CPU matter for this game?

A: No. The Intel Core i5-14600KF is ranked at the 90th percentile among all CPUs, but Inside is GPU-bound at every resolution and preset tested. The CPU's high multi-core and single-core scores do not influence the measured frame rates in this title.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with Low settings?

A: The measured average is 151.5 FPS, the highest of any configuration in the dataset. This is far above the playable threshold and indicates that the GPU still has headroom at this resolution and preset.

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside comfortably at 1080p across all four presets. The Ultra preset averages 69.7 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS threshold, and the lower presets are well above it. At 1440p, the system is playable up to Medium settings, where it averages 83.4 FPS; High and Ultra fall short at 56.2 FPS and 51.5 FPS respectively. At 4K, only the Low preset is playable, averaging 70.6 FPS. Medium at 4K averages 56.6 FPS, just under the threshold, and High and Ultra are not viable at 35.5 FPS and 34.8 FPS. The verdict is clear: this is a capable 1080p machine for Inside, a decent 1440p machine if you moderate settings, and a 4K machine only at the lowest preset. The CPU is never the limiting factor; the GPU determines what is achievable at each resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the dataset records the following averages: Low runs at 151.5 FPS, Medium at 120.9 FPS, High at 72.8 FPS, and Ultra at 69.7 FPS. All four presets clear the 60 FPS playable threshold, and even the most demanding preset leaves roughly 10 FPS of headroom. The gap between Low and Ultra is 81.8 FPS, which shows that the GPU's performance scales significantly with preset load even at the lowest resolution tested.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 110.7 FPS, Medium at 83.4 FPS, High at 56.2 FPS, and Ultra at 51.5 FPS. The drop from Medium to High is 27.2 FPS, which pushes the frame rate below the playable threshold. The gap between Low and Ultra is 59.2 FPS. This resolution represents the boundary of what the GPU can handle with moderate settings.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 70.6 FPS, Medium at 56.6 FPS, High at 35.5 FPS, and Ultra at 34.8 FPS. Only Low clears the 60 FPS threshold, and it does so by a margin of 10.6 FPS. Medium misses by 3.4 FPS, which is close but still below the target. High and Ultra are both below 40 FPS, making them unsuitable for smooth gameplay. The data shows a consistent pattern: the GPU cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K once the preset rises above Low.

No minimum or maximum frame rate values are recorded in the database for any resolution or preset, so the analysis relies entirely on average FPS. The absence of min/max data means that frame time consistency cannot be assessed from this dataset, but the averages are sufficient to determine playability against the 60 FPS threshold.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, with a measured average of 69.7 FPS. This is the best possible visual configuration at this resolution, and it still leaves headroom above the threshold.

At 2560x1440, the most demanding playable preset is Medium, averaging 83.4 FPS. High at this resolution averages 56.2 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target, so Medium is the ceiling for smooth performance.

At 3840x2160, the only playable preset is Low, averaging 70.6 FPS. Medium averages 56.6 FPS, which misses the threshold by a small margin. For players prioritizing 4K, Low is the only setting that delivers a playable experience.

These recommendations follow directly from the measured data. The pattern is consistent: as resolution increases, the maximum playable preset drops. At 1080p, the GPU can handle the full range of presets; at 1440p, it handles the lower half; at 4K, it handles only the lowest.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database are all within a narrow performance band. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 scores 49228, which is 0.3% lower than the i5-14600KF's average benchmark score of 49394. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G scores 49196, 0.4% lower. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 scores 48995, 0.8% lower. The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 scores 49796, which is 0.8% higher. In practical terms, any of these CPUs would behave nearly identically in Inside, since the game is GPU-bound and none of these processors would become the limiting factor. The differences are well within measurement noise.

The GPU's nearest rivals show a similar clustering. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile scores 12940, which is 0.1% higher than the RX 580's 12928. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER scores 12986, 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon 740M scores 12870, 0.5% lower, and the AMD FirePro W5100 scores 12847, 0.6% lower. These four alternatives bracket the RX 580 so closely that in-game performance differences for Inside would be minimal. A system with any of these GPUs paired with the i5-14600KF would likely produce frame rates within a few FPS of the measured values across all resolutions and presets. The practical implication is that the RX 580 sits in a well-populated performance tier, and users upgrading or replacing it should expect similar results from any of these near-equivalents.