Inside

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 posts an average benchmark score of 21765, placing it 0.6% ahead of the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (21635) and 0.9% ahead of the Intel Core i7-11700F (21957, which is actually 0.9% higher). It sits just 0.6% behind the AMD EPYC 9554P (21899), showing the CPU is tightly clustered with its nearest rivals.

Q: What is the GPU's performance percentile relative to all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ranks in the 84th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 42576. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA RTX A6000, scores 42653, a delta of -0.2%, meaning the 4070 SUPER is essentially neck-and-neck with that workstation card.

Q: How does the combo rank within this specific game?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 4070 SUPER combo ranks 389th out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the top 23% of all combos tested for this game.

Q: What is the maximum measured FPS across all tested settings and resolutions?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 295.5 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest is 112.4 at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, still comfortably above 60 FPS.

Q: What are the core and thread counts of the CPU?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It is built on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer) using a 7 nm process from TSMC.

Q: What memory configuration does the GPU use?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock is 1313 MHz, with an effective data rate of 21 Gbps.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four preset levels. At 1920x1080, Low settings produce 295.5 FPS, Medium drops to 277.8 FPS, High to 231 FPS, and Ultra to 224.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 71.3 FPS, which is substantial but not prohibitive given the absolute numbers.

At 2560x1440, the spread tightens: Low runs at 269.7 FPS, Medium at 247.9 FPS, High at 187.2 FPS, and Ultra at 174.8 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra here is 94.9 FPS, indicating that the higher resolution amplifies the cost of Ultra settings. At 3840x2160, Low hits 228.3 FPS, Medium 184.4 FPS, High 115.1 FPS, and Ultra 112.4 FPS — the gap between Low and Ultra balloons to 115.9 FPS.

The data suggests that High and Ultra are nearly indistinguishable at 4K (115.1 vs 112.4 FPS), implying that Ultra adds little beyond High at that resolution. For the best experience balancing visual fidelity and frame rate, High settings at 1440p provide 187.2 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on modern displays. At 4K, High is the sensible ceiling — Ultra's extra 2.7 FPS cost over High yields negligible visual benefit. Medium at 4K (184.4 FPS) is a better choice if maximum frame rates are the priority, as it beats High by 69.3 FPS while presumably retaining most visual quality.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K tells a revealing story about which component limits performance in Inside. At Low settings, 1080p yields 295.5 FPS, 1440p yields 269.7 FPS, and 4K yields 228.3 FPS — a total drop of 67.2 FPS (22.7%) from 1080p to 4K. This relatively mild scaling suggests the CPU is keeping the GPU well-fed even at lower resolutions, with the GPU becoming more dominant as resolution climbs.

At High settings, the scaling is steeper: 1080p runs at 231 FPS, 1440p at 187.2 FPS, and 4K at 115.1 FPS. The 4K figure is only 49.8% of the 1080p figure, a much larger relative drop than Low settings. This pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at High and Ultra presets, particularly at 4K where the RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB frame buffer and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed heavily.

The Ultra preset shows similar scaling: 224.2 FPS at 1080p, 174.8 FPS at 1440p, and 112.4 FPS at 4K. The 4K result is exactly half of the 1080p result (50.1%), which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. Conversely, the Low preset's 4K result (228.3 FPS) is 77.3% of its 1080p result (295.5 FPS), suggesting that at Low settings, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are doing more of the heavy lifting, and the GPU has ample headroom.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 4070 SUPER combination achieves a rank of 389 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the 76.7th percentile of all tested pairings. This is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU, indicating that the combo is well-balanced for this particular game.

The CPU's percentile rank among all processors is 79, while the GPU's percentile is 84 — both are above the 75th percentile, and the combo's in-game rank of 389/1671 (top 23%) aligns with these individual scores. The slight discrepancy between the CPU's 79th percentile and the GPU's 84th percentile suggests the GPU is the stronger component in this pairing, which is consistent with the resolution scaling analysis showing GPU-bound behavior at higher settings.

Given that the CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-11700F (21957 avg score, -0.9% delta) and the AMD EPYC 9554P (21899, -0.6% delta), the Ryzen 5 5600's 6-core, 12-thread configuration is competitive with much more expensive workstation and server parts in synthetic benchmarks. This translates to a combo rank that outperforms what the CPU's raw position might suggest, thanks to the GPU's strength.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are clearly sufficient for Inside, even at 4K Ultra where the game still manages 112.4 FPS. The GPU's 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs provide the raw throughput needed for the game's puzzle-platformer visuals, which are not particularly demanding compared to AAA shooters.

The GPU's boost clock of 2475 MHz and base clock of 1980 MHz are high for a 40-series card, and its 35.48 TFLOPS FP32 performance places it in the upper tier of consumer GPUs. The 56 ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores are present but likely underutilized in Inside, which is not a ray-tracing-heavy title.

The benchmark data shows the GPU's PassMark G3D score of 29995 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4627, both of which position it in the 84th percentile. The GPU's nearest rival, the RTX A6000, scores 42653 (0.2% higher), while the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 42723 (0.3% higher) — an extremely tight cluster. This performance headroom is why the GPU can push 184.4 FPS at 4K Medium settings, a result that would be impossible with a weaker card.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results are: Low 295.5 FPS, Medium 277.8 FPS, High 231 FPS, and Ultra 224.2 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 71.3 FPS drop, with the largest single-step decline being 46.8 FPS between Medium and High.

At 2560x1440, the numbers are: Low 269.7 FPS, Medium 247.9 FPS, High 187.2 FPS, and Ultra 174.8 FPS. The step from Medium to High costs 60.7 FPS, which is the largest drop in any resolution's setting ladder. The gap between High and Ultra narrows to 12.4 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the top end.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 228.3 FPS, Medium 184.4 FPS, High 115.1 FPS, and Ultra 112.4 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop is 69.3 FPS, while High-to-Ultra is only 2.7 FPS — the smallest difference between any two adjacent settings across all resolutions. This indicates that Ultra at 4K is essentially a cosmetic upgrade over High, costing almost no performance but also likely adding little visual benefit.

The 1080p Low result of 295.5 FPS is the only measurement approaching 300 FPS, and all other results stay below 280 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 112.4 FPS is the only measurement below 115 FPS, meaning even the most demanding configuration comfortably exceeds 60 FPS.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600's 6 cores and 12 threads are built on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 32 MB shared L3 cache and 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die are modest by modern standards, yet its synthetic scores are strong: Cinebench R23 multicore hits 18309, single-core 2584, and PassMark multithread reaches 21541.

The CPU's 79th percentile ranking among all processors is driven by its 3DMark scores: 5641 in 16-thread, 3313 in 4-thread, and 882 in single-thread tests. These numbers indicate balanced performance across thread counts, which suits a game like Inside that likely doesn't scale beyond a few threads — the 12 threads provide ample parallelism for any background tasks.

The data shows the CPU's nearest rival is the Intel Core i7-11700F, which has a higher average score (21957 vs 21765) but a delta of only -0.9%. This means the Ryzen 5 5600 is within 1% of a chip with two more cores (8 cores vs 6), suggesting that the Zen 3 architecture's per-core efficiency is exceptional. In Inside, where frame rates at Low settings reach 295.5 FPS at 1080p, the CPU is clearly not the limiting factor — the GPU begins to bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings, as evidenced by the resolution scaling patterns.