Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The measured data shows this combination is far beyond the performance requirements of the title, with even the most demanding preset at 4K producing an average of 110 FPS. The primary consideration is not whether the hardware can run the game, but which settings provide the optimal balance of visual fidelity and performance headroom for high-refresh-rate displays.

Settings Recommendations

Given the extremely high performance ceiling of this hardware in Inside, the data suggests that the Ultra preset is the most appropriate choice for most users. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves an average of 194 FPS, while the High preset reaches 197 FPS, a negligible difference of only 3 FPS. However, the Ultra preset includes additional graphical enhancements that provide a better visual experience for essentially the same performance cost.

The pattern holds at higher resolutions. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 174 FPS compared to High's 177 FPS, again a minimal 3 FPS gap. Even at 3840x2160, the difference between Ultra and High is only 6 FPS (110 vs. 116). This consistency indicates that the settings overhead is minimal, and the visual benefits of Ultra are effectively free in this title.

The Medium preset offers a slight performance increase over Ultra, with 237 FPS at 1080p and 212 FPS at 1440p, but this comes with reduced visual quality. The Low preset provides the highest frame rates (257 FPS at 1080p) but sacrifices the atmospheric lighting and shadow quality that define the game's visual style. Since all presets deliver frame rates well above 100 FPS even at 4K, there is no practical reason to drop below Ultra settings.

For users with 144Hz or 240Hz displays, the Ultra preset at 1080p (194 FPS) is the optimal choice, as it saturates most high-refresh-rate panels while maintaining maximum visual quality. At 1440p, Ultra's 174 FPS still exceeds 144Hz refresh rates, making it the best option for high-refresh 1440p monitors. At 4K, Ultra's 110 FPS is suitable for 60Hz displays and provides a smooth experience, though users with 120Hz+ 4K displays may consider the Medium preset, which delivers 182 FPS, to fully utilize their monitor's capabilities.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. In Inside, this memory configuration is vastly overprovisioned. The game's simple geometry and limited texture detail do not stress VRAM capacity, so the 12 GB allocation is never a bottleneck at any resolution or settings combination tested.

The GPU's clock speeds are notable: a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. These high frequencies contribute to the exceptional frame rates observed. The Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, contains 35,800 million transistors. The GPU's compute capabilities include 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 224 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, which are far beyond what Inside requires.

The performance data confirms that the RTX 4070 SUPER is severely underutilized in this game. At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 257, which is likely near the CPU's frame delivery limit. The fact that Ultra settings at 1080p (194 FPS) are only 24% slower than Low (257 FPS) suggests that the GPU has ample headroom and that the frame rate scaling is primarily influenced by settings complexity rather than raw GPU throughput.

The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 29995 places it in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, with its average benchmark score of 43223 being nearly identical to its nearest rivals. This synthetic performance is consistent with the in-game results, which show the GPU capable of handling the game's workload with massive headroom.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average frame rate achievable with this hardware?

A: The highest measured average is 257 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At Ultra settings, the maximum average is 194 FPS at 1080p.

*Q: Is the RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB VRAM sufficient for Inside?*

A: Yes, the 12 GB VRAM is more than adequate for this game. Inside's art style and rendering requirements do not approach the memory capacity, and no VRAM-related performance issues are indicated in the measured data.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 110, while at 1080p Ultra, it is 194 FPS. This represents a 43% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings.

Q: Does the Medium preset at 4K provide a better experience than Ultra?

A: The Medium preset at 4K averages 182 FPS with a minimum of 154 FPS, compared to Ultra's 110 FPS average. For users with high-refresh 4K displays, Medium offers a significantly smoother experience, though it sacrifices some visual fidelity.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded across all tested configurations?

A: The only configurations with recorded minimum FPS values are the Medium preset. The lowest minimum is 154 FPS at 3840x2160, followed by 180 FPS at 2560x1440 and 201 FPS at 1920x1080.

*Q: Is this hardware overkill for Inside?*

A: The data strongly suggests yes. Even the most demanding configuration (4K Ultra) produces 110 FPS, and the performance headroom is substantial. This hardware is capable of running the game at maximum settings on any resolution with frame rates that exceed typical display refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination ranks 968 out of 2887 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the 66th percentile of all tested configurations, indicating that while this hardware is powerful, there are many other combinations that perform better in this specific title.

The ranking is likely influenced by the fact that Inside is not a demanding game, so the differences between high-end and mid-range hardware are compressed. The RTX 4070 SUPER's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks — the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB, GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, and Quadro M6000 — all have average scores within 1% of the 4070 SUPER. This tight clustering suggests that in a game like Inside, where the GPU is not the limiting factor, the ranking position depends more on CPU performance and system configuration.

The CPU's ranking is more nuanced. The Ryzen 5 5600F's average benchmark score of 36945 places it at the 85th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rivals (Intel Core Ultra 5 225, AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D, AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, and Intel Core i9-12900T) all within 0.5% of its score. This indicates that the CPU is well-positioned for gaming, but the combo rank of 968 suggests that other factors, such as memory configuration or motherboard implementation, may affect the final ranking in Inside.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer. It operates on the AMD Socket AM4 platform and is manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. The CPU has a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz, with a 65 W TDP.

In Inside, the CPU's role is primarily to maintain high frame rates without becoming a bottleneck. The game is not heavily multithreaded, so the 6 cores and 12 threads are more than sufficient. The CPU's cache configuration includes 32 MB of shared L3 cache, which helps with game data access patterns. The dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provides adequate memory throughput for this title.

The PassMark single-thread score of 2872 is particularly relevant for Inside, as the game's logic and rendering pipeline likely depend on single-thread performance. The CPU's multithread score of 19236 and physics score of 1043 indicate strong overall performance, but these are less critical for this particular game.

The fact that the CPU was released on 2025-09-15, well after the game's 2016 release, means it has significant architectural advantages over processors from the game's era. The Zen 3 architecture's instructions per clock (IPC) improvements over older designs contribute to the high frame rates observed. The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all CPUs confirms that it is capable of delivering the high frame rates seen in the measured data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results show consistent performance across all settings. The Low preset delivers the highest average at 257 FPS. The Medium preset averages 237 FPS, with a minimum of 201 FPS and a maximum of 272 FPS. The High preset achieves 197 FPS, and the Ultra preset reaches 194 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 63 FPS, or approximately 24.5%, indicating that even the most demanding settings have a relatively modest performance impact.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. The Low preset averages 230 FPS. The Medium preset averages 212 FPS, with a minimum of 180 FPS and a maximum of 244 FPS. The High preset achieves 177 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 174 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a reduction of approximately 10-11% across all settings, which is modest given the 78% increase in pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the performance remains playable across all settings. The Low preset averages 197 FPS. The Medium preset averages 182 FPS, with a minimum of 154 FPS and a maximum of 209 FPS. The High preset achieves 116 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 110 FPS. The 4K results show a more significant drop from 1440p, with reductions ranging from 14% (Low) to 37% (High), reflecting the increased GPU load at 4K resolution.

The Medium preset is the only one with recorded minimum and maximum FPS values. At 1080p, the minimum of 201 FPS and maximum of 272 FPS indicate a variance of 71 FPS. At 1440p, the range is 64 FPS (180 to 244), and at 4K, the range is 55 FPS (154 to 209). This decreasing variance with increasing resolution suggests that frame pacing becomes more consistent at higher GPU loads.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about the system's bottleneck characteristics. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 257 at 1080p to 230 at 1440p, a 10.5% reduction. Moving to 4K, the average drops to 197 FPS, a further 14.3% reduction from 1440p. The total reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 23.3%.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is more pronounced. The average FPS drops from 194 at 1080p to 174 at 1440p, a 10.3% reduction. Moving to 4K, the average drops to 110 FPS, a 36.8% reduction from 1440p. The total reduction from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings is 43.3%.

The steeper scaling at Ultra settings indicates that the GPU becomes more of a limiting factor at higher settings and resolutions. At Low settings, the frame rates are likely constrained by CPU performance, as evidenced by the relatively small performance difference between 1080p and 1440p. The GPU has enough headroom to handle the increased pixel count without significant performance degradation.

At Ultra settings, the GPU is more fully utilized, and the additional pixel work at 4K results in a larger performance hit. The fact that 4K Ultra still maintains 110 FPS average demonstrates that the RTX 4070 SUPER is capable of handling this resolution, but the scaling suggests that users targeting 4K Ultra should expect roughly 57% of the performance seen at 1080p Ultra.

The Medium preset shows the most interesting scaling pattern. The 1080p to 1440p reduction is 10.5%, consistent with Low settings. However, the 1440p to 4K reduction is 14.2%, which is between Low and Ultra scaling. This suggests that Medium settings balance CPU and GPU load more evenly, with neither component becoming a dominant bottleneck at any resolution.