Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer where frame pacing matters more than raw graphical fidelity. Across all tested resolutions and settings, the combination never dips below an average of 67 frames per second, making the game consistently playable. The data indicates that this pairing is heavily overqualified for the title, with performance ceilings that far exceed the demands of the genre, allowing users to prioritize visual quality without sacrificing responsiveness.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows show a clear hierarchy in performance scaling, but the optimal choice depends on the display resolution. At 1920x1080, all four presets—Low, Medium, High, and Ultra—are playable, with average frame rates of 243, 224, 155, and 147 respectively. The jump from Medium to High costs 69 frames per second, while the step from High to Ultra costs only 8 frames. Given that the minimum recorded frame rate at Medium is 190, this preset offers the best balance for high-refresh-rate monitors, providing a substantial cushion above the 144 Hz threshold. Ultra remains viable, but the marginal visual gain over High is minimal for a puzzle platformer, making High the more efficient choice.

Moving to 2560x1440, the situation tightens slightly but remains comfortable. Low averages 217 FPS, Medium 178 FPS, High 111 FPS, and Ultra 106 FPS. The Medium preset, with a minimum of 151 FPS, is the standout recommendation here, as it maintains a floor above 150 FPS while offering better visual fidelity than Low. High and Ultra dip below 120 FPS, which is still smooth but begins to limit the utility of 144 Hz displays. For users with standard 60 Hz monitors, Ultra at 106 FPS is perfectly adequate, but Medium provides the best combination of smoothness and quality.

At 3840x2160, the scaling becomes more pronounced. Low averages 140 FPS, Medium 112 FPS, High 70 FPS, and Ultra 67 FPS. The Medium preset, with a minimum of 95 FPS, is the clear winner for 4K, as it stays above 90 FPS and offers a significant improvement over Low. High and Ultra are still playable, but the drop to the 67-70 FPS range introduces noticeable diminishing returns. For the best experience at 4K, Medium is the recommended preset, balancing frame rate and visual detail without pushing the system to its limits.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, based on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip, is the primary driver of the higher-resolution results. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for a game like Inside that does not feature heavy texture streaming. The GPU’s 2560 shading units and 160 texture mapping units, combined with a boost clock of 1770 MHz, deliver a pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s. These specifications explain why the frame rates remain high even at 4K, as the game’s art style relies more on lighting and silhouettes than complex geometry.

The RTX 2070 SUPER’s 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present but largely unused in Inside, which does not employ ray tracing or DLSS. The GPU’s FP32 performance of 9.062 TFLOPS is more than enough for the rasterized rendering this title uses. The data shows that the GPU is not the bottleneck at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 200 FPS on lower presets, but it becomes more relevant at 4K, where the difference between Low and Ultra is 73 FPS. This suggests that the GPU’s memory bandwidth and fill rate are the limiting factors at higher resolutions, not the core count or clock speed.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a predictable pattern of scaling as resolution increases. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 243 FPS at 1080p to 217 FPS at 1440p and 140 FPS at 4K. This represents a 10.7% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 42.4% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The larger drop at 4K indicates that the GPU is becoming the limiting component, as the pixel count quadruples while the CPU workload remains static.

At Medium settings, the scaling is similar but with a smaller absolute drop. Frame rates go from 224 FPS at 1080p to 178 FPS at 1440p and 112 FPS at 4K, a 20.5% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 37.1% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The High preset shows a more severe decline, from 155 FPS at 1080p to 111 FPS at 1440p and 70 FPS at 4K, with the 1440p to 4K drop being 36.9%. The Ultra preset follows a similar trend, with 147 FPS at 1080p, 106 FPS at 1440p, and 67 FPS at 4K.

The data indicates that the limiting component changes with resolution. At 1080p, the CPU is likely the bottleneck, as the frame rates are high but the scaling from Low to Ultra is only 39.5% (from 243 to 147 FPS), suggesting the GPU has headroom. At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear limiter, as the difference between Low and Ultra is 52.1% (from 140 to 67 FPS), and the CPU has less impact on the final frame rate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a wide performance envelope. Low settings produce an average of 243 FPS, which is the highest recorded value in the entire dataset. Medium averages 224 FPS with a minimum of 190 and a maximum of 258, indicating excellent frame consistency. High averages 155 FPS, and Ultra averages 147 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 19 FPS, while the step from High to Ultra costs only 8 FPS, suggesting that the visual quality differences between High and Ultra are less demanding than those between Low and Medium.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but begins to plateau. Low averages 217 FPS, Medium averages 178 FPS with a minimum of 151 and a maximum of 205, High averages 111 FPS, and Ultra averages 106 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 39 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 5 FPS. This pattern repeats across resolutions, where the lower presets show larger absolute differences, and the higher presets converge.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress further. Low averages 140 FPS, Medium averages 112 FPS with a minimum of 95 and a maximum of 129, High averages 70 FPS, and Ultra averages 67 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 28 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 3 FPS. The minimum frame rate at Medium (95 FPS) is still above the 60 FPS threshold, confirming that even the most demanding settings at 4K remain playable.

FAQ

*Q: Is this combination suitable for 4K gaming in Inside?*

A: Yes, the data shows that even at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate is 67 FPS, which is above the standard 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 4K averages 112 FPS with a minimum of 95 FPS, providing a more comfortable margin.

Q: Which preset offers the highest frame rate at 1080p?

A: The Low preset at 1920x1080 produces the highest average frame rate in the dataset at 243 FPS. However, Medium settings still deliver 224 FPS, which may be preferable for better visual quality.

Q: How does the frame rate drop from 1440p to 4K compare across settings?

A: The percentage drop varies by preset. At Low, the drop is 35.5% (from 217 to 140 FPS). At Medium, it is 37.1% (from 178 to 112 FPS). At High, it is 36.9% (from 111 to 70 FPS). At Ultra, it is 36.8% (from 106 to 67 FPS).

Q: What is the minimum frame rate recorded for this combination?

A: The lowest minimum frame rate in the measured data is 95 FPS, recorded at 3840x2160 with Medium settings. All other presets either have no reported minimum or higher minimums.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p, as the frame rates are very high (above 147 FPS on all presets) and the scaling from Low to Ultra is relatively small, indicating the GPU has additional headroom.

Q: Does the RTX 2070 SUPER’s ray tracing capability matter for this game?

A: The data does not indicate any use of ray tracing in Inside. The GPU’s 40 RT cores are present but the measured FPS figures are based on traditional rasterization, which the RTX 2070 SUPER handles efficiently.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G, a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture with a Renoir codename, plays a supporting role in this combination. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz, combined with 8 MB of shared L3 cache, provide adequate single-thread and multi-thread performance for a puzzle platformer. The CPU’s benchmark results, such as a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 13593 and a single-core score of 1919, indicate that it can handle the game’s logic and physics without being a bottleneck.

The data shows that at 1080p, the CPU’s performance ceiling is the primary constraint. The 3DMark single-thread score of 726 and the PassMark single-thread score of 2653 suggest that the processor can feed the GPU at high frame rates, but the scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p (from 243 to 147 FPS) implies that the CPU limits the maximum achievable frame rate. At 4K, the CPU’s role diminishes, as the GPU becomes the bottleneck, and the frame rates are more dependent on the GPU’s fill rate.

The Ryzen 5 4600G’s 12 threads are more than sufficient for Inside, which is not a heavily threaded title. The PassMark multi-thread score of 15992 and the Geekbench multi-core score of 6637 confirm that the processor has ample headroom for background tasks while gaming. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and 7 nm process node also indicate efficient operation, though the data does not include power consumption figures for this specific workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 2335 out of 3716 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the 37th percentile of all paired configurations, indicating that while the combo performs well, many other combinations deliver higher frame rates. The ranking is likely influenced by the CPU’s mid-range positioning, as the GPU is capable of higher performance when paired with a stronger processor.

Comparing the individual components to their nearest rivals provides context for this ranking. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 17507 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE, which scores 17482 with a delta of 0.1%, and the Intel Core 7 150U, which scores 17395 with a delta of 0.6%. The CPU is slightly behind the AMD Ryzen 3 8300GE, which scores 17614 with a delta of -0.6%, and the Intel Core i3-14100T, which scores 17648 with a delta of -0.8%. This suggests the 4600G is competitively positioned among its peers, but not a standout performer.

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 20282 is slightly below its nearest rivals. The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 20480 with a delta of -1%, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534 with a delta of -1.2%, and the Intel Arc B570 scores 20556 with a delta of -1.3%. The Intel Arc A750 scores 20582 with a delta of -1.5%. These small deltas indicate that the RTX 2070 SUPER is within a narrow performance band of its competitors, and the measured FPS in Inside reflects this parity.

The ranking of 2335 out of 3716 suggests that while this combo is not at the top tier, it is far from the bottom. The measured frame rates show that it delivers a playable experience at all settings and resolutions, which is the primary requirement for a puzzle platformer. The combo’s position is more a reflection of the CPU’s mid-range performance than any deficiency in the GPU, as the RTX 2070 SUPER’s benchmark scores are competitive with its peers.