Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 delivers an exceptionally smooth experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The benchmark data shows this combination is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions, while the CPU provides ample headroom for high frame rates. Across all measured settings and resolutions, the average frame rate never drops below 95.9 FPS, indicating a system that is thoroughly overqualified for the game’s demands.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate behavior across resolutions reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At 1080p with High settings, the system produces 216.7 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops this to 158 FPS, a 27% reduction. At 4K, the average falls further to 98.9 FPS, representing a 54% decrease from the 1080p figure. This scaling pattern indicates that the rendering load is scaling directly with pixel count, which is characteristic of a game that is limited by the graphics processor rather than the central processor.

The Low preset tells a more nuanced story. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 306.8 FPS, which drops to 275.5 FPS at 1440p (a 10% decrease) and then to 196.5 FPS at 4K (a 36% decrease from 1080p). The relatively smaller drop between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings suggests the CPU is beginning to assert its influence at these extremely high frame rates. The Ryzen 5 5600X, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, can only push so many frames per second regardless of GPU headroom. Once the resolution increases to 4K, the GPU workload becomes dominant again, and the frame rate falls proportionally.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern to High. The 1080p result of 286.5 FPS drops to 247.2 FPS at 1440p (a 14% decrease) and then to 156.1 FPS at 4K (a 45% decrease from 1080p). The Ultra preset produces the lowest absolute numbers, with 206.2 FPS at 1080p, 146.5 FPS at 1440p, and 95.9 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is the only measurement below 100 FPS in the entire dataset, indicating that even the most demanding configuration remains highly playable.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 5000 series, built on the Zen 3 architecture with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its benchmark results place it in the 78th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20680. The nearest rivals show a tightly clustered performance band: the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT scores 20740 (0.3% higher), the Intel Core i7-10700 scores 20746 (0.3% higher), and the Intel Core i5-12490F scores 20794 (0.5% higher). The only rival that scores lower is the Intel Xeon 6325P at 20538, which is 0.7% behind.

For Inside, a puzzle platformer that does not demand heavy multi-threading, the processor’s single-thread performance is the most relevant metric. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2622 indicates strong per-core capability. This is corroborated by the PassMark single-thread score of 3364. In practice, the data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 306.8 FPS, which is likely near the ceiling of what this CPU can deliver in this game engine. The fact that the 1440p Low result only falls to 275.5 FPS, rather than dropping more steeply, suggests that the CPU is still able to feed the GPU adequately at this resolution.

The 3DMark multi-threaded scores provide additional context. The 16-thread score of 5582 and the max-thread score of 5588 are nearly identical, indicating that the processor’s scaling plateaus quickly beyond 8 threads. For a game like Inside, which is not designed to leverage many cores, this is not a limitation. The 3DMark single-thread score of 917, while lower in absolute terms, is proportionally strong and reflects the CPU’s ability to handle the game’s primary game logic thread without becoming a bottleneck.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is the dominant component in this pairing. It is a RDNA 4.0 architecture GPU with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 644.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU has a base clock of 1330 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz. Its 3584 shading units and 128 ROPs are well-suited to handling the relatively simple rendering tasks in Inside.

The GPU’s benchmark percentile of 79 places it above the Ryzen 5 5600X’s 78th percentile, confirming that the graphics card is the stronger component in this system. The PassMark G3D score of 25381 is substantial, and the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6290 indicates strong modern API performance. The nearest GPU rivals include the NVIDIA A2 with an average score of 34866 (0.2% higher), the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 34677 (0.3% lower), and the AMD Radeon HD 7970 at 34541 (0.7% lower). This places the RX 9070 in a competitive position, though the game’s age means that even older GPUs can perform admirably.

The VRAM capacity of 16 GB is far beyond what Inside requires, even at 4K Ultra. The data shows that the frame rate difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 3 FPS (98.9 vs. 95.9), suggesting that the Ultra preset’s additional visual effects are not heavily taxing the GPU’s memory subsystem. The GPU’s memory clock of 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective) provides ample bandwidth for the game’s textures and geometry, which are modest by modern standards.

The GPU’s FP32 performance of 36.13 TFLOPS is more than sufficient for this title. The pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s are high enough that the GPU is never the limiting factor, except at the most demanding 4K Ultra settings where it still maintains a playable 95.9 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear picture of how each preset performs. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 306.8 FPS, Medium delivers 286.5 FPS, High delivers 216.7 FPS, and Ultra delivers 206.2 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 100.6 FPS, which is substantial, but even the Ultra preset is well above any typical display refresh rate.

At 1440p, the spread narrows. Low produces 275.5 FPS, Medium produces 247.2 FPS, High produces 158 FPS, and Ultra produces 146.5 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 89.2 FPS, which is larger than the gap between High and Ultra at 11.5 FPS. This suggests that the High preset introduces a significant visual quality jump that requires more GPU resources, while the Ultra preset’s incremental improvements are relatively cheap.

At 4K, the results are: Low at 196.5 FPS, Medium at 156.1 FPS, High at 98.9 FPS, and Ultra at 95.9 FPS. The 57.2 FPS difference between Low and Medium is notable, but the 3 FPS difference between High and Ultra is negligible. For the best experience, the High preset at 1440p offers a strong balance, delivering 158 FPS while presumably retaining most of the visual fidelity. At 4K, the High preset’s 98.9 FPS is recommended over Ultra, as the 3 FPS gain from dropping to High is not worth any potential visual compromise, and the High preset is already near the 100 FPS threshold. For players with high-refresh-rate displays at 1080p, the Medium preset at 286.5 FPS provides an excellent experience without the slight CPU-bound behavior seen at Low.

FAQ

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

A: The highest recorded average is 306.8 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This likely approaches the CPU’s frame generation limit, as the Ryzen 5 5600X’s 6 cores and 12 threads can only process so many frames per second.

*Q: Is this system capable of 4K gaming in Inside?*

A: Yes. Even at 4K Ultra settings, the system maintains an average of 95.9 FPS. At 4K High, it reaches 98.9 FPS, and at 4K Low, it achieves 196.5 FPS. All 4K measurements are well above playable thresholds.

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

A: The average benchmark score of 20680 places it nearly even with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT (20740, 0.3% higher) and the Intel Core i7-10700 (20746, 0.3% higher). It is 0.5% behind the Intel Core i5-12490F (20794) and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Xeon 6325P (20538).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset produces 158 FPS while Ultra produces 146.5 FPS. The difference of 11.5 FPS is modest, suggesting that the Ultra preset’s additional effects are not particularly demanding for the GPU.

Q: Does the GPU’s 16 GB of VRAM make a difference in this game?

A: The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory is far more than needed for Inside. The frame rate progression from High to Ultra at 4K (98.9 FPS to 95.9 FPS) shows only a minimal impact, indicating that VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor at any tested setting.

Q: Which component is the primary bottleneck at 1080p Low settings?

A: The data suggests the CPU becomes the limiting factor. The 1080p Low result of 306.8 FPS drops only 10% to 275.5 FPS at 1440p Low, which is a smaller proportional decrease than seen at higher settings. This indicates the Ryzen 5 5600X is nearing its maximum frame output capability.