Inside

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for Inside show a classic pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases, though the margins reveal just how headroom-heavy this combination is. At 1080p High, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT delivers 206.1 FPS average. Moving to 1440p High drops that to 150.1 FPS, a reduction of roughly 27%. Stepping up to 4K High yields 96.2 FPS, which is another 36% lower than the 1440p result. That scaling curve is steep, but the absolute numbers remain far above playable thresholds at every resolution.

The Low settings preset tells an even more revealing story. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 308.3 FPS. At 1440p Low, it falls to 275.1 FPS, a modest 11% decline. At 4K Low, the average is 186.2 FPS, which is still a 32% drop from 1440p but remains exceptionally smooth. The fact that 4K Low nearly doubles the frame rate of 4K High (186.2 vs 96.2) indicates that Inside's visual effects at higher presets impose a significant fill-rate cost on the GPU, rather than the CPU being a limiting factor.

Ultra settings compress the scaling curve differently. From 1080p Ultra at 195.9 FPS to 1440p Ultra at 141.9 FPS is a 28% reduction, nearly identical to the High preset's drop. But moving from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra (91.8 FPS) is a 35% decline. The similarity in percentage drops between High and Ultra across all resolutions suggests that the GPU's shading and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints once you exceed Medium settings. Low and Medium presets show less severe resolution scaling, meaning those settings shift more of the workload toward the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 7800 XT carries 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. That memory configuration is generous for a 2016 puzzle platformer, and the benchmark results reflect no signs of capacity or bandwidth pressure. Even at 4K Ultra, where texture and post-processing demands peak, the average frame rate of 91.8 FPS stays well above the 60 FPS threshold. The GPU's boost clock of 2430 MHz and game clock of 2124 MHz provide the raw throughput needed to push Inside at high refresh rates.

The GPU's architecture is RDNA 3.0 on a 5 nm process, with 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. These specs translate into a pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 583.2 GTexel/s. Inside's side-scrolling perspective and limited on-screen geometry mean the GPU's fixed-function units are not heavily exercised, but the FP32 throughput of 37.32 TFLOPS ensures that the game's particle effects and lighting calculations run without hiccups.

Comparing the GPU's synthetic benchmark standing, its average benchmark score of 32619 places it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (32540, delta 0.2%) and the AMD FirePro S10000 (32388, delta 0.7%), while the NVIDIA P104-100 (32747, delta -0.4%) and NVIDIA T600 Mobile (32849, delta -0.7%) sit slightly ahead. This tells you the RX 7800 XT is a mid-to-upper tier card in the database's overall ranking, but for Inside specifically, its performance is disproportionately strong because the game's requirements are modest relative to the GPU's capabilities.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 1671 tested CPU-GPU combinations for Inside, this pairing ranks 577th. That places it in the upper third of all combos, which might seem underwhelming given the GPU's high synthetic scores. The reason becomes clear when you examine the CPU's standing. The Ryzen 5 5600GT has an average benchmark score of 20740, sitting in the 78th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-10700, scores 20746 with a delta of 0%, meaning the two are effectively tied. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X scores 20680, a 0.3% deficit, while the Intel Core i5-12490F scores 20794, a 0.3% advantage.

The combo rank of 577 out of 1671 suggests that Inside is not particularly demanding on the CPU, so the 5600GT's solid but not exceptional multi-threaded performance (Cinebench R23 multicore score of 17272) does not hold the GPU back in most scenarios. However, at 1080p Low where the frame rate reaches 308.3 FPS, the CPU's single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 singlecore score of 2438) becomes more relevant. The ranking indicates that many combos with faster CPUs achieve higher frame rates in those CPU-bound low-resolution scenarios, which is why this pairing doesn't crack the top 500 despite the GPU's strength.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1080p, the data shows a clear hierarchy across settings. Low settings produce 308.3 FPS average, Medium drops to 283.4 FPS, High falls to 206.1 FPS, and Ultra settles at 195.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is only 24.9 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High is a substantial 77.3 FPS loss, indicating that the High preset introduces significantly heavier rendering features. Ultra adds only another 10.2 FPS reduction over High, suggesting diminishing returns from the highest settings.

At 1440p, the same pattern holds but with compressed margins. Low delivers 275.1 FPS, Medium 237 FPS, High 150.1 FPS, and Ultra 141.9 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop is 86.9 FPS, even larger than at 1080p, which shows that the GPU's pixel throughput becomes more taxed at higher resolutions when the High preset's effects are enabled. Ultra remains close to High, only 8.2 FPS lower, reinforcing that the Ultra preset's incremental cost is minimal.

At 4K, the numbers tighten further. Low achieves 186.2 FPS, Medium 147 FPS, High 96.2 FPS, and Ultra 91.8 FPS. The Medium-to-High gap is 50.8 FPS, and Ultra is just 4.4 FPS behind High. Across all resolutions, the Low-to-Medium transition costs between 24.9 FPS (1080p) and 39.2 FPS (4K), while the High-to-Ultra transition costs only 4.2 to 10.2 FPS. This suggests that the Medium preset is the inflection point where Inside's rendering complexity starts to seriously engage the GPU.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience, the data points decisively toward the High preset at 1440p or the Ultra preset at 1080p, depending on your display's native resolution. At 1440p High, the combo produces 150.1 FPS, which is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on modern monitors. Upgrading to 1440p Ultra only costs 8.2 FPS (141.9 total), making Ultra the better choice if you want maximum visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness. The measured difference between High and Ultra at 1440p is negligible in percentage terms, so there is little reason to avoid Ultra.

For 4K displays, the High preset at 96.2 FPS is the sweet spot. It clears 90 FPS, which is excellent for a puzzle platformer, and the step to Ultra (91.8 FPS) costs only 4.4 FPS. If you prioritize maximum quality, Ultra remains viable, but High provides a slight safety margin. The Low and Medium presets at 4K (186.2 and 147 FPS respectively) are excessive for a game like Inside, offering frame rates that exceed most 4K displays' refresh rates while sacrificing visual polish that the GPU can clearly handle.

At 1080p, the Ultra preset at 195.9 FPS is the obvious recommendation. The GPU has ample headroom, and the 4.6% gap between High and Ultra is not worth leaving visual quality on the table. For esports-style competitive play where every frame counts, the Low preset's 308.3 FPS could be justified, but Inside is a single-player puzzle platformer where such frame rates offer no practical benefit.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600GT's 6 cores and 12 threads, based on Zen 3 architecture with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, are more than sufficient for Inside's physics and logic. The game's release in 2016 predates the CPU's 2024 launch, meaning the 5600GT's architecture is far ahead of the game's threading expectations. Single-thread performance, measured at 913 in 3dMark single-thread and 2438 in Cinebench R23 singlecore, drives the high frame rates at 1080p Low where the CPU becomes the more active participant.

The CPU's 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide adequate data flow for Inside's asset streaming. The 3dMark 2-thread score of 1794 and 4-thread score of 3446 indicate that the 5600GT handles lightly threaded workloads efficiently, which matters for a game that likely uses few threads for its core simulation. The CPU's percentile ranking of 78 versus the GPU's 76 shows they are evenly matched in the database's overall hierarchy, but Inside's low thread count means the CPU's 12 threads are largely underutilized.

The nearest CPU rivals illustrate that the 5600GT is a middle-of-the-pack performer. It effectively ties the Intel Core i7-10700 (20746 vs 20740), loses marginally to the Intel Core i5-12490F (20794, -0.3% delta), and beats the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (20680, 0.3% delta) by a hair. For Inside specifically, these differences are irrelevant because the GPU dominates the rendering pipeline at most settings. The CPU only becomes a potential bottleneck at 1080p Low, where 308.3 FPS approaches the limit of what its single-thread performance can sustain. At every other resolution and preset, the RX 7800 XT is the primary determinant of frame rate.