Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti pairing delivers a robust experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016. The data indicates that this combination is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions and settings, while the CPU provides ample headroom for extremely high frame rates at 1080p. The combo ranks 960th out of 1671 tested configurations for this game, placing it in the upper-middle tier of performance.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the system achieves an average of 151 FPS, which is more than sufficient for smooth gameplay on high-refresh-rate monitors.

Q: How does the GTX 1080 Ti perform relative to its closest rivals?

A: The GTX 1080 Ti has an average benchmark score of 19402, placing it within 0.6% of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon Pro 560X. It scores 1.1% higher than the NVIDIA TITAN Xp.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance like?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 scores 2584 points in Cinebench R23 single-core and 882 in 3DMark single-thread, indicating strong per-core performance that benefits lightly-threaded games.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the average FPS drops from 145.3 on Low settings to 67.2 on Ultra settings, a reduction of over 50% due to the increased graphical load.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the difference between Low (225.5 FPS) and High (112.8 FPS) settings is substantial, indicating the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the CPU can push far beyond these numbers.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of the GTX 1080 Ti?

A: The GPU features 11 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 352-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 484.4 GB/s, which is ample for Inside's textures.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the dominant component in this configuration for Inside. Its 11 GB of GDDR5X memory, running at 11 Gbps effective on a 352-bit bus, delivers 484.4 GB/s of bandwidth. For a game like Inside, which features a dark, atmospheric art style, this memory capacity and speed are more than adequate, ensuring texture streaming is not a bottleneck at any resolution.

The GPU's clock speeds are 1481 MHz base and 1582 MHz boost. These clocks, combined with 3584 shading units and 88 ROPs, allow for a pixel rate of 139.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 354.4 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance is rated at 11.34 TFLOPS. The benchmark results show that the card sits in the 61st percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 19402, placing it in a dead heat with the GeForce GTX 780 (19405) and Radeon Pro 560X (19426).

The data from Inside reveals that the GPU's performance scales predictably with settings. At 4K, the jump from Low (145.3 FPS) to Medium (111.8 FPS) is a 23% reduction, while the jump from High (74 FPS) to Ultra (67.2 FPS) is only a 9% reduction. This suggests that the Ultra preset introduces diminishing returns in visual fidelity for a relatively smaller performance hit compared to the Medium to High transition.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear trend of the GPU becoming the limiting factor as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 300.2 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's maximum output for this title. As we move to 1440p, the same Low setting produces 225.5 FPS, a 25% drop. At 4K, it falls to 145.3 FPS, a further 36% reduction.

This scaling pattern indicates that at 1080p, the system is partially CPU-bound at lower settings, as the frame rate is extremely high. However, the frame rate drops are consistent with GPU limitations once the resolution increases. For instance, at High settings, the FPS goes from 160.3 at 1080p to 112.8 at 1440p (a 30% drop) and then to 74 at 4K (a 34% drop from 1440p). This consistent scaling suggests that the GTX 1080 Ti's fill rate and memory bandwidth are being fully utilized as pixel count increases.

The 4K Ultra result of 67.2 FPS is notable, as it is the only configuration that dips below the 70 FPS threshold, indicating that the Ultra preset at 4K is the most demanding scenario for this combo. The difference between 1080p Ultra (151 FPS) and 4K Ultra (67.2 FPS) is a 55% reduction in performance, illustrating the substantial cost of rendering four times the pixels.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers high frame rates across all settings. The Low preset reaches an average of 300.2 FPS, while Medium averages 250.7 FPS. High settings produce 160.3 FPS, and Ultra averages 151 FPS. The small gap between High and Ultra (9.3 FPS) suggests that Ultra's additional effects are not particularly taxing at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains very strong. Low averages 225.5 FPS, Medium 179.7 FPS, and High 112.8 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 106.4 FPS. The relative performance drop from 1080p to 1440p is most pronounced at High settings (30% decrease), while the Low setting sees a 25% decrease, indicating that the GPU is scaling efficiently with resolution.

At 3840x2160, the demands of 4K become apparent. Low averages 145.3 FPS, which is still very playable. Medium drops to 111.8 FPS, and High averages 74 FPS. The Ultra setting yields an average of 67.2 FPS. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset falls below the 70 FPS mark, suggesting that for a locked 60 FPS experience at 4K, players would need to use High settings or lower.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 provides a solid foundation for this GPU. With 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, it features a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its benchmark scores are respectable, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18309 and a single-core score of 2584. The 3DMark scores show a clear scaling with thread count: 1737 at 2 threads, 3313 at 4 threads, 4798 at 8 threads, and 5659 at max threads.

In the context of Inside, the CPU's role is secondary to the GPU. The game is a puzzle platformer with relatively simple physics and AI, so it does not demand high multi-threaded performance. The Ryzen 5 5600's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 882, ensures that the game's main logic thread is never a bottleneck, even at frame rates exceeding 300 FPS at 1080p Low.

The CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for this title. The processor ranks in the 79th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21765. Its nearest rivals, like the Intel Core i7-11700F (21957, -0.9% delta), show that the Ryzen 5 5600 is competitive in overall processing power, though Inside rarely stresses it to its limits. The data shows that the CPU is not a limiting factor in this configuration, as frame rates are primarily dictated by GPU settings and resolution.