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# Inside: AMD Ryzen 5 4600G + AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

This combination of AMD's 6-core Ryzen 5 4600G and the Radeon RX 7800 XT places at rank 1730 out of 3716 tested combos for Inside, putting it in the 47th percentile of all configurations. The pairing sits slightly below the median performer, which is noteworthy given the hardware's specifications; the CPU holds a 71st percentile ranking among all CPUs, while the GPU sits at a 51st percentile among all GPUs. The data suggests that the system's overall game performance is constrained more by the graphics card than the processor, despite the GPU's mid-pack standing.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1730th out of 3716 tested combinations, meaning roughly 46.5% of all tested pairings outperform it in Inside. This places the system in the lower-middle tier of the database, which is surprising when considering the individual components' standings. The Ryzen 5 4600G achieves an average benchmark score of 17507, placing it ahead of 71% of all CPUs, while the RX 7800 XT scores 11627 on average, ahead of 51% of all GPUs.

Looking at the CPU's nearest rivals reveals a tight cluster: the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE scores 17482 (0.1% behind), the AMD Ryzen 3 8300GE scores 17614 (0.6% ahead), the Intel Core 7 150U scores 17395 (0.6% behind), and the Intel Core i3-14100T scores 17648 (0.8% ahead). The 4600G's 6 cores and 12 threads with a 3.70 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost clock put it in a competitive position, but the data shows it neither dominates nor loses badly to these alternatives.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (11680, 0.5% ahead), AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (11528, 0.9% behind), NVIDIA Tesla K20c (11479, 1.3% behind), and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (11842, 1.8% ahead). The RX 7800 XT's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit bus provide substantial bandwidth (624.1 GB/s), yet its percentile ranking suggests that raw specs alone don't translate into top-tier game performance in this title.

The rank disparity between component percentiles and the combo's overall position suggests Inside may be sensitive to specific hardware characteristics not captured by generic benchmarks. The game's puzzle-platformer nature, released in 2016, might favor different performance traits than modern synthetic tests measure.

Settings Recommendations

Examining the measured FPS across all settings and resolutions, the data reveals that Medium settings provide the most balanced experience with reliable frame pacing. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 224 FPS average with a minimum of 190 FPS and maximum of 258 FPS. This represents a 8.7% drop from Low settings (243 FPS) but a 17.9% improvement over High (187 FPS). The gap between Medium and Ultra at 1080p is 40 FPS, with Ultra falling to 184 FPS.

At 2560x1440, Medium again shows its strength: 201 FPS average with 171 minimum and 231 maximum. This is only 7.4% below Low (217 FPS) but 29.4% above High (149 FPS) and 41.5% above Ultra (142 FPS). The scaling pattern suggests that Medium captures most of the visual improvements while avoiding the performance penalties of higher presets.

For 4K (3840x2160), Medium produces 150 FPS average with 128 minimum and 173 maximum. This is 19.4% below Low (186 FPS) but 59.6% above High (94 FPS) and 68.5% above Ultra (89 FPS). The 4K Medium result remains above 60 FPS even at the minimum, making it the safest choice for high-resolution displays.

The data implies that Medium is the sweet spot across all resolutions, delivering frame rates that exceed display refresh rates up to 144Hz at 1440p and 4K, while maintaining smooth minimums. High and Ultra presets show diminishing returns, with Ultra at 4K dropping to 89 FPS average — a 40.7% reduction from Medium — for what appears to be marginal visual gains based on the preset hierarchy.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important information about the bottleneck in this system. At Medium settings, the progression is 224 FPS at 1080p, 201 FPS at 1440p, and 150 FPS at 4K. This represents a 10.3% drop from 1080p to 1440p, but a 33.0% drop from 1440p to 4K. The larger relative drop at higher resolutions indicates the GPU becomes increasingly limiting as pixel count grows.

For High settings, the pattern is more dramatic: 187 FPS at 1080p, 149 FPS at 1440p, and 94 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K here is 36.9%, suggesting the RX 7800 XT's compute resources are strained by the 4K workload. Low settings show 243 FPS at 1080p, 217 FPS at 1440p, and 186 FPS at 4K — a more linear scaling pattern with 10.7% and 14.3% drops respectively.

Ultra settings demonstrate the steepest degradation: 184 FPS at 1080p, 142 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is just 48.4% of the 1080p Ultra figure, indicating that the combination of high resolution and maximum quality settings overwhelms the GPU's capabilities.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU may be contributing to performance limits, as the differences between settings are relatively modest (243 FPS Low vs 184 FPS Ultra, a 24.3% spread). At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, with Low to Ultra showing a 52.2% performance spread (186 FPS to 89 FPS). The Ryzen 5 4600G's 8 MB shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s appear sufficient for lower resolutions but cannot compensate for GPU limitations at higher pixel counts.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Inside?*

A: Based on the measured data, 2560x1440 at Medium settings offers the best balance, delivering 201 FPS average with 171 minimum and 231 maximum. This resolution shows only a 10.3% drop from 1080p Medium (224 FPS) while providing significantly more detail than 1080p, and maintains high frame rates that exceed most display refresh rates.

Q: Does this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes, all tested settings at 3840x2160 average above 60 FPS. The lowest average is 89 FPS at Ultra settings, while Medium delivers 150 FPS, High provides 94 FPS, and Low reaches 186 FPS. Even the minimum frame rate at Medium (128 FPS) exceeds 60 FPS comfortably.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 4600G scores 17507 on average, which is 0.1% higher than the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (17482), 0.6% lower than the AMD Ryzen 3 8300GE (17614), 0.6% higher than the Intel Core 7 150U (17395), and 0.8% lower than the Intel Core i3-14100T (17648). These are extremely tight margins, indicating the 4600G performs essentially on par with these alternatives.

Q: Is the GPU the limiting factor at 4K?

A: The data strongly suggests yes. At 4K, the spread between Low (186 FPS) and Ultra (89 FPS) is 52.2%, while at 1080p the same spread is only 24.3%. This widening gap at higher resolutions indicates the RX 7800 XT's rendering capabilities become the primary constraint as pixel count increases.

Q: What is the system's overall benchmark standing?

A: The combo ranks 1730 out of 3716 tested combinations. The CPU sits in the 71st percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 17507, while the GPU is in the 51st percentile with an average score of 11627. This creates an interesting imbalance where the processor outperforms the graphics card relative to their respective pools.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. Its clock speeds include a 1295 MHz base, 2124 MHz game clock, and 2430 MHz boost, with memory running at 2438 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective). The card's 3840 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 96 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 583.2 GTexel/s.

Data from GPU benchmarks shows the card achieving a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4157, Geekbench OpenCL score of 18290, and Vulkan score of 54228. In PassMark tests, it scores 24176 in G3D and 13473 in GPU compute. These figures place the GPU at the 51st percentile, just below its nearest rival the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (11680, 0.5% higher) and above the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (11528, 0.9% lower).

The 16 GB VRAM capacity proves more than sufficient for Inside, a game that doesn't demand excessive memory. The 4K Medium result of 150 FPS with 128 minimum demonstrates that the card's bandwidth and compute resources handle the game's demands well at high resolutions. However, the significant drop to 89 FPS at 4K Ultra suggests that the card's shading units and ROPs become saturated when maximum quality settings are applied alongside 4K resolution.

The GPU's FP32 performance of 37.32 TFLOPS and 60 RT cores indicate substantial compute capability, yet Inside's art style and rendering requirements may not fully utilize these features. The card's 267 mm length and dual-slot design require adequate case space, and its 263 W TDP necessitates proper cooling, but these physical characteristics don't appear to impact the measured game performance.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G provides 6 cores and 12 threads with a 3.70 GHz base clock and 4.20 GHz boost clock. Built on TSMC's 7 nm process with Zen 2 architecture (Renoir codename), the chip features 64 KB L1 cache per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 8 MB shared L3 cache. Its dual-channel DDR4 memory support yields 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and the processor connects via PCIe Gen 3 with 20 lanes.

CPU benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 13593, R20 multicore scores 5709, and R15 multicore scores 1370. Single-thread results are more modest, with R23 single-core at 1919, R20 at 805, and R15 at 193. Geekbench scores reach 6637 multicore and 1460 single-core. The PassMark multithread score of 15992 and single-thread score of 2653 reinforce this pattern.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 71 puts it ahead of most processors, and its nearest rivals show extremely close scores. The 4600G's performance in Inside appears sufficient even at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 1080p Low result of 243 FPS. However, the modest 3.70 GHz base clock and 8 MB L3 cache may limit how much the CPU can feed the GPU at lower resolutions where frame rates are extremely high.

At 1080p, the difference between Low (243 FPS) and Ultra (184 FPS) is 59 FPS, suggesting the CPU can maintain high frame rates even with reduced GPU load. The 6-core, 12-thread configuration with 12 threads provides ample parallel processing for a game like Inside, which likely doesn't scale beyond a handful of threads. The integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics are present but unused in this configuration, as the discrete RX 7800 XT handles all rendering duties.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 243 FPS average
• Medium: 224 FPS average (minimum 190, maximum 258)
• High: 187 FPS average
• Ultra: 184 FPS average

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 217 FPS average
• Medium: 201 FPS average (minimum 171, maximum 231)
• High: 149 FPS average
• Ultra: 142 FPS average

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 186 FPS average
• Medium: 150 FPS average (minimum 128, maximum 173)
• High: 94 FPS average
• Ultra: 89 FPS average

The 1080p results show a tight cluster between Medium and Ultra, with only 40 FPS separating them. The 4K results demonstrate a wider spread, with 97 FPS between Low and Ultra. Medium settings consistently provide the most stable minimum frame rates across all resolutions, with the 4K Medium minimum of 128 FPS being the only sub-170 FPS minimum recorded. The data indicates that this system can comfortably drive Inside at high refresh rates on 1080p and 1440p displays, while 4K requires Medium or lower settings to maintain smooth performance.