Inside

The Intel Core i7-14700KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ranks 130th out of 3716 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the top 3.5% of all systems tested for this specific title. This is a decisive result for a 2016 puzzle platformer: the combination of a 20-core Raptor Lake CPU and an Ada Lovelace GPU produces framerates that are effectively academic at every resolution and preset tested. The data shows this combo is not merely playable; it is overwhelmingly overqualified for the game's demands.

How This Combo Ranks

With a combo rank of 130 out of 3716, this system sits in the 96.5th percentile of all tested configurations for Inside. The rank is driven by both components performing at the top of their respective classes. The CPU's average benchmark score of 70163 places it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU's average score of 54247 places it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs.

What is striking is how close the CPU sits to its nearest rivals. The i7-14700KF scores just 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and 0.4% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX. It is 0.9% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. More notably, it is actually 1% slower than the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K. This means the CPU is operating in a tightly packed cluster of high-end processors where no single model has a meaningful performance edge over another.

The GPU situation is similar but inverted. The RTX 4080 scores 0.1% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER, but it is 1.1% slower than the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X, 2.6% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB, and 2.7% slower than the AMD Radeon 8060S. These deltas are all within noise for a game like Inside, which is not graphically demanding. The rank reflects the raw ceiling of the combo, not the actual requirements of the game.

CPU and GPU Roles

For Inside, the GPU is the primary performance driver, but only because the CPU is so far ahead of the game's requirements that it never becomes a bottleneck. The data shows that scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 at the same settings produces significant FPS drops, which is classic GPU-bound behavior.

At Low settings, average FPS drops from 409 at 1080p to 265 at 4K — a 35% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 294 to 133 — a 55% reduction. At Ultra, it goes from 280 to 126 — a 55% reduction as well. The largest relative drop occurs between Medium and High at 4K, where the average falls from 212 to 133, a 37% reduction. This pattern indicates that as resolution increases, the GPU's fill-rate and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors.

The CPU's role is minimal but not zero. At 1080p Low, the system produces 409 FPS, which is likely near the engine's physics or draw-call ceiling. The CPU's single-thread score of 6235 in Cinebench R23 and multi-core score of 44167 in the same test ensure that no scene in Inside can stall the pipeline. The gap between 1080p Medium (378 FPS) and 1080p High (294 FPS) is a 22% reduction, which is larger than the drop from High to Ultra (280 FPS, a 5% reduction). This suggests that the Medium-to-High transition adds a significant GPU workload, while High-to-Ultra adds comparatively little.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

• Low: Average 409 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Medium: Average 378 FPS, with a minimum of 321 and a maximum of 435. The 114 FPS spread between min and max indicates variance, but the floor is still far above any playability concern.
• High: Average 294 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Ultra: Average 280 FPS. No min/max reported.

The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 129 FPS, a 31% difference. This is the smallest absolute gap across all resolutions, confirming that at 1080p the system is not stressed by the game's highest preset.

2560x1440:

• Low: Average 367 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Medium: Average 338 FPS, with a minimum of 287 and a maximum of 389. The min is still above the refresh rate of most high-end monitors.
• High: Average 211 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Ultra: Average 201 FPS. No min/max reported.

Moving from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra costs 79 FPS (from 280 to 201), a 28% reduction. The system still maintains an average above 200 FPS at the highest preset.

3840x2160:

• Low: Average 265 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Medium: Average 212 FPS, with a minimum of 181 and a maximum of 244. The min of 181 FPS is still three times the playable threshold.
• High: Average 133 FPS. No min/max reported.
• Ultra: Average 126 FPS. No min/max reported.

At 4K Ultra, the system delivers 126 FPS average, which is more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. The drop from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra is 75 FPS (37%), the largest single-resolution penalty in the dataset. This is expected, as 4K has four times the pixel count of 1080p.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Inside at 4K Ultra with a 60 FPS target?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 126, which is more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. The system clears the target with a wide margin.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game at 1080p?

A: The GPU matters more. The data shows FPS scales directly with resolution, and the CPU is far ahead of the game's requirements. At 1080p Low, the system hits 409 FPS, but at 4K Low it drops to 265 FPS, a 35% reduction that can only be attributed to GPU load.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 compare to the RTX 4080 SUPER for Inside?

A: The RTX 4080 has an average benchmark score of 54247, which is 0.1% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER's 54209. In practice, this difference is negligible for Inside, as both cards will produce framerates far above the playable threshold.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The lowest average FPS is 126, recorded at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. Even this "worst case" scenario is well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: Does the combo ever drop below 60 FPS?

A: No. The lowest minimum FPS reported across all tests is 181, which occurs at 3840x2160 with Medium settings. Every other preset either has no min reported or has a min above 181 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's benchmark score compare to the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X?

A: The i7-14700KF scores 70163 on average, which is 0.9% higher than the Ryzen 9 7950X's 69515. This places the Intel chip slightly ahead in synthetic tests, but the difference is not significant for Inside.

Best Settings per Resolution

1920x1080: The most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Ultra, with an average of 280 FPS. This is the maximum quality setting available, and it runs at a framerate that exceeds the refresh rate of virtually all monitors.

2560x1440: The most demanding preset is Ultra, with an average of 201 FPS. This is a 28% reduction from 1080p Ultra, but it remains far above the 60 FPS threshold.

3840x2160: The most demanding preset is Ultra, with an average of 126 FPS. This is the lowest average in the dataset but still clears the playable threshold by 66 FPS (110%).

The Verdict

This PC can run Inside at 60 FPS or higher at every resolution and preset tested. The verdict by resolution is unambiguous: at 3840x2160, all four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) are playable, with the best being Ultra at 126 FPS average. At 2560x1440, all presets are playable, with Ultra at 201 FPS. At 1920x1080, all presets are playable, with Ultra at 280 FPS.

The data indicates that this combo is overkill for Inside. The game was released in 2016 and has modest graphical demands, but the i7-14700KF and RTX 4080 deliver framerates that are typically associated with esports titles on low-end hardware. The minimum FPS recorded anywhere is 181 FPS at 4K Medium, which is still three times the playable threshold. If you own this hardware and play Inside, you can enable every visual option without hesitation; the system will never break a sweat. The only scenario where this combo might be "limited" is on a display with a refresh rate above 126 Hz at 4K Ultra, but even then, the average FPS of 126 will satisfy most users. For a game like Inside, this is a definitive "yes" — it will run flawlessly.