Inside

Intel Core i7-14700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is a pairing that sits comfortably in the upper tier of tested hardware, and Inside — a Puzzle Platformer released in July 2016 — is exactly the kind of lightweight workload where that headroom becomes enormous. Measured data across all three standard resolutions shows frame rates never dropping below triple digits at any preset, with the lowest recorded average being 104.9 FPS at 4K Ultra. The short version: this combo obliterates the game. The analysis below explains where the pairing ranks among tested configurations, how the workload divides between CPU and GPU, and what the exact numbers look like at every setting tier.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the full database of tested combinations for Inside, the i7-14700F + RTX 5070 pairing holds rank 439 out of 3716 tested combos. That places it in roughly the top 12% of configurations benchmarked for this title — a strong position, though notably not near the very top, because Inside is a game where diminishing returns arrive quickly. Once a build can render the game's understated side-scrolling scenes at high frame rates, further hardware investment buys almost nothing in perceived smoothness.

Context matters for interpreting that rank. The RTX 5070 itself sits in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs, and the i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs — both above the combo's relative rank in this specific game. That inversion is informative: Inside caps out how much advantage elite hardware can express, so the pairing ranks "merely" well rather than dominant. For a 2016 puzzle platformer, that is expected behavior, not a weakness of the hardware.

CPU and GPU Roles

At every tested resolution, the data points to a GPU-leaning but CPU-comfortable balance. Starting at 1920x1080, Low averages 390.4 FPS and Ultra averages 233.4 FPS — a gap of 157 FPS between the cheapest and most expensive preset. At 2560x1440, the spread runs from 350.2 FPS (Low) down to 168.9 FPS (Ultra). At 3840x2160, it narrows further: 226.3 FPS at Low versus 104.9 FPS at Ultra.

The scaling between resolutions tells the story of which component is doing the work. From 1080p to 4K at Ultra, average FPS falls from 233.4 to 104.9 — a drop to roughly 45% of the 1080p result when pixel count quadruples. That near-proportional decline means the GPU is the primary limiter at higher resolutions and settings; the renderer is being fed faster than the RTX 5070 can draw.

At the other end, the 1080p Low figure of 390.4 FPS reveals the CPU side. The i7-14700F — a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake Refresh part with a 5.40 boost clock and strong per-core results such as a 4958 Cinebench R23 single-core score — never becomes the constraint here. Frame delivery at nearly 400 FPS average indicates the processor has ample single-threaded speed to drive this engine. In short: GPU matters more at 1440p and 4K with higher presets, and the CPU simply never runs out of steam at any point in the tested range.

FAQ

Q: Can the i7-14700F + RTX 5070 run Inside at 4K with maximum settings?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the combo averages 104.9 FPS — well clear of the 60 FPS playable threshold. Every preset tested at 4K, from Low through Ultra, exceeds 60 FPS.

Q: What is the highest frame rate recorded for this combo in Inside?

A: 390.4 FPS average, at 1920x1080 on the Low preset. The Medium preset at the same resolution is close behind at 357.3 FPS.

Q: How does this pairing rank against other tested combos for the game?

A: Rank 439 of 3716 tested combinations, placing it around the top 12% for this title.

Q: Which component should be upgraded first if higher frame rates are the goal?

A: The data indicates the GPU. The drop from 233.4 FPS at 1080p Ultra to 104.9 FPS at 4K Ultra shows the RTX 5070 is the limiter at demanding settings, while the i7-14700F sustains nearly 400 FPS at low-resolution, low-preset scenarios without bottlenecking.

Q: Does the game stay above 60 FPS at every tested resolution and preset?

A: Yes — the verdict data confirms all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. The minimum average across the entire test matrix is 104.9 FPS.

Q: How much performance separates High from Ultra at 4K?

A: Very little. High averages 110.8 FPS and Ultra averages 104.9 FPS at 3840x2160, a difference of under 6 FPS — the top preset is nearly free in this title.

The Verdict

Yes — decisively. This combination runs Inside at every tested resolution and every preset above the 60 FPS playable threshold, with no exceptions anywhere in the measured matrix.

At 1920x1080, the best playable setting is Ultra at 233.4 FPS average. At 2560x1440, Ultra again clears the bar at 168.9 FPS. At 3840x2160, Ultra remains playable at 104.9 FPS. In other words, the most demanding preset stays above 60 FPS at all three resolutions, so there is no settings compromise to make. A player on this hardware should simply select Ultra at whatever resolution their display supports and play.

The margin is worth emphasizing. The worst data point in the entire set — 4K Ultra at 104.9 FPS — still exceeds the 60 FPS threshold by roughly 75%. This is a case where the hardware has moved far past the game's requirements rather than merely meeting them.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are measured average frame rates; minimum and maximum frame rate data was not captured for this test matrix.

1920x1080:

• Low: 390.4 FPS
• Medium: 357.3 FPS
• High: 248.6 FPS
• Ultra: 233.4 FPS

2560x1440:

• Low: 350.2 FPS
• Medium: 285.2 FPS
• High: 175.9 FPS
• Ultra: 168.9 FPS

3840x2160:

• Low: 226.3 FPS
• Medium: 178.9 FPS
• High: 110.8 FPS
• Ultra: 104.9 FPS

The pattern is consistent: a modest step down from Low to Medium, a larger step from Medium to High, and a small step from High to Ultra. The High-to-Ultra gap is smallest at 4K (110.8 to 104.9) and largest at 1080p (248.6 to 233.4), suggesting Ultra's additional effects tax the GPU roughly uniformly while the resolution scaling compresses absolute differences. Meanwhile, the Medium-to-High step is the single biggest cost at every resolution — 108.9 FPS at 1080p, 109.3 FPS at 1440p, and 68.1 FPS at 4K — making High the settings tier where the heaviest visual features kick in.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the verdict data, the most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS is Ultra at every tested resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 233.4 FPS average (roughly 3.9x the 60 FPS threshold)
• 2560x1440 — Ultra: 168.9 FPS average (roughly 2.8x the threshold)
• 3840x2160 — Ultra: 104.9 FPS average (roughly 1.7x the threshold)

Since Ultra is the top of the preset ladder in this dataset, there is nothing left to enable. The practical recommendation is 4K Ultra for visual quality with frame rate to spare, or 1440p/1080p Ultra for players targeting very high refresh displays — 1440p Low at 350.2 FPS and 1080p Low at 390.4 FPS demonstrate that even high-refresh scenarios are fully served by this pairing.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For equivalent behavior from the CPU side, the nearest rivals to the i7-14700F are effectively interchangeable in aggregate benchmark terms. The Intel Xeon 6505P averages 53701 against the i7-14700F's 53620 — a delta of just -0.2%. The Intel Xeon Phi 7290 sits at 53469 (0.3% behind), the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X at 53288 (0.6% behind), and the AMD EPYC 7313P at 53206 (0.8% behind). Any of these would deliver effectively identical Inside performance given how far from CPU-limited this game is; the Ryzen 9 7900X is the most direct consumer alternative among them.

On the GPU side, the RTX 5070's nearest rivals by average score are a more heterogeneous list: the AMD Radeon Pro 580 at 40318 average (0.1% behind the 5070's 40377), the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 at 40063 (0.8% behind), the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 at 40870 (1.2% ahead), and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile at 39568 (2% behind). While these cards match the 5070 in aggregate benchmark index, Inside's light rendering load means any of them paired with a comparable CPU would still clear 60 FPS comfortably — the game simply doesn't stress modern-class GPUs hard enough for the deltas to matter at standard settings.

The combined takeaway: this is a high-percentile pairing (91st percentile CPU, 82nd percentile GPU) applied to a game that needs a fraction of that capability. Rank 439 of 3716 combos, triple-digit averages at every setting, and Ultra playable at every resolution — the i7-14700F + RTX 5070 handles Inside without breaking a sweat.