Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and AMD Radeon RX 6600 combination ranks in the 2869th position out of 3716 tested combos for Inside. This places the pairing in the lower-middle tier of the database, indicating that while it is far from the fastest configuration available, it is also not at the very bottom of the performance spectrum. The data shows this is a functional pairing for the game, but it is not one that will top any charts.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 2869 out of 3716 puts it in the 23rd percentile of all tested combinations. This is a modest result, reflecting that the hardware is capable but not exceptional for this title. The ranking suggests that many other CPU-GPU pairings will deliver higher frame rates in Inside. However, the measured data indicates that the combo still provides a playable experience across most settings and resolutions, so the lower percentile ranking does not translate to a broken or unenjoyable experience.

Benchmark results show the CPU holds its own against close competitors. The Ryzen 5 5600GT's average benchmark score is 20733, which is nearly identical to its nearest rivals. It trails the Intel Core i5-12490F by a negligible 0.3%, sits 0.4% behind the Intel Xeon 6325P, and is 0.4% behind the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U. The gap to the AMD EPYC 7J13 is also just 0.5%. These sub-one-percent differences mean the CPU is effectively performance-equivalent to those processors in general compute tasks, making the overall combo ranking more dependent on the GPU's contribution.

The GPU also ranks in a similar relative position among its peers. The Radeon RX 6600 has an average benchmark score of 19036, placing it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro K6000, matches its score exactly with a 0% delta. The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a mere 0.1% faster, while the Tesla K20m is 0.3% faster. The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is 0.4% slower. This clustering suggests the RX 6600 delivers performance that is squarely in line with these specific competitors, reinforcing that the combo's overall rank is a product of a mid-tier CPU and GPU working together.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 23 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is adequate for the visual complexity of Inside, allowing the GPU to handle the game's art style without running into immediate memory capacity limits at the tested settings.

Clock speeds for the GPU are listed at a base of 1626 MHz, a game clock of 2044 MHz, and a boost clock of 2491 MHz. The memory operates at 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective. These clocks are relatively high, and the boost behavior is typical for the Radeon RX 6000 series. The performance data suggests that the GPU is the primary driver of frame rates at higher resolutions and settings, as the measured FPS scales directly with the GPU's workload.

The GPU's shading units number 1792, with 112 texture mapping units and 64 render output units. It also includes 28 ray accelerators, though Inside does not heavily utilize ray tracing effects. The raw compute capabilities are expressed in its 8.928 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The pixel rate is 159.4 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 279.0 GTexel/s. These figures indicate a GPU that is well-suited for rasterized rendering, which is what Inside primarily uses. The GPU's role in this combo is to provide solid frame rates, and the data confirms it does so, particularly when the resolution is lowered.

FAQ

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

A: The measured average frame rate is 129 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings, showing that the combo is well above the threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the average frame rate is 58 FPS on High settings and 55 FPS on Ultra settings, indicating that 4K is playable but not with a large margin of headroom.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU more likely to be the limiting factor?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the frame rate drops significantly from 1080p to 4K while the CPU's performance remains constant across all tested resolutions.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average frame rate drops from 185 FPS on Low settings to 88 FPS on Ultra settings, a substantial reduction of 97 FPS.

Q: Does the combo provide a consistent frame rate at Medium settings?

A: Yes, at Medium settings the combo shows the only reported minimum and maximum frame rates. At 1080p, the average is 206 FPS with a minimum of 175 and a maximum of 237, indicating very stable performance.

Q: How does the average frame rate at 1080p Low compare to 4K Low?

A: The average frame rate at 1080p Low is 257 FPS, which is more than double the 116 FPS average at 4K Low, showing a clear performance scaling trend with resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of the combo's capabilities across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results. With Low settings, the average frame rate is 257 FPS. This drops to 206 FPS on Medium, 129 FPS on High, and 122 FPS on Ultra. The gap between High and Ultra is relatively small at 7 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset adds graphical features that are not substantially more demanding in this game.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high. Low settings yield an average of 185 FPS. Medium settings produce a 148 FPS average, with a reported minimum of 126 and a maximum of 170. High settings average 92 FPS, and Ultra settings average 88 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is only 4 FPS, indicating that the game's Ultra preset does not scale its demands significantly.

At 3840x2160, the combo begins to show its limits. Low settings still produce a respectable 116 FPS average. Medium settings average 93 FPS, with a minimum of 79 and a maximum of 107. High settings drop to a 58 FPS average, and Ultra settings fall to 55 FPS. The data shows a clear trend where the GPU's workload increases with resolution, leading to lower frame rates. The 4K results are the only ones that dip near the 60 FPS threshold, but they remain playable.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the nature of the bottleneck in this combo. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 129 FPS at 1080p to 92 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 28.7%. Moving to 4K, the frame rate falls further to 58 FPS, a 37% drop from 1440p and a 55% drop from 1080p. This steep decline indicates that the GPU is heavily taxed as the pixel count increases.

The Low settings data shows a similar pattern. The average frame rate goes from 257 FPS at 1080p to 185 FPS at 1440p, a 28% decrease. At 4K, it drops to 116 FPS, which is a 37% reduction from 1440p and a 54.8% reduction from 1080p. These consistent percentage drops across settings strongly suggest that the limiting component is the GPU. The CPU's performance does not change with resolution, so the frame rate scaling is almost entirely attributable to the Radeon RX 6600's rendering capabilities.

The Ultra settings data reinforces this conclusion. The average frame rate is 122 FPS at 1080p, 88 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K. The relative drops are similar to the other settings, confirming that the GPU is the primary bottleneck. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rates would remain more constant across resolutions, but the data shows a consistent and significant decline as resolution increases.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Cezanne. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The CPU is built on a 7 nm process at TSMC and features a 16 MB L3 cache, with 64 KB of L1 and 512 KB of L2 cache per core. This configuration is more than sufficient for Inside, which is not a CPU-intensive title.

The CPU's benchmark scores reflect its mid-range positioning. In Cinebench R23, it scores 17272 in multicore and 2438 in single-core. The Geekbench scores are 7986 for multicore and 1843 for single-core. The 3DMark results show scaling from 1794 with 2 threads to 5554 with max threads. These numbers indicate that the processor has solid single-thread performance and reasonable multi-thread capabilities.

For Inside, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with data and handle game logic. The 6-core, 12-thread setup is well above the requirements for this puzzle platformer. The data shows that the CPU does not bottleneck the system, as frame rates are high even at 1080p where the CPU's workload is relatively higher compared to the GPU. The measured FPS at 1080p Low is 257 FPS, which is a very high value that would require a capable CPU to maintain.

The CPU's performance relative to its rivals is essentially a tie. The 5600GT's average benchmark score of 20733 is nearly identical to that of the Intel Core i5-12490F, which scores 20802. This 0.3% difference is within the margin of error for such benchmarks. The CPU's 74th percentile ranking among all CPUs places it in the upper half of the market, meaning it has enough power to avoid limiting the GPU in this game. The measured results confirm this, as the combo's performance is consistently tied to the GPU's capabilities rather than the CPU's.