Inside

# Inside: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X + Intel Arc B370

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X paired with the Intel Arc B370 delivers a playable but clearly GPU-limited experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far more demanding on the graphics side than its minimalist aesthetic suggests. The combo ranks 2654th out of 2887 tested configurations for this game, placing it in the bottom 8% of all combos. The Arc B370, with its 5th percentile standing among all GPUs and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184, sits alongside legacy parts like the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 in raw compute. The Ryzen 5 5600X, by contrast, is a solid mid-range CPU at the 75th percentile, so the data consistently points to the GPU as the bottleneck across all tested resolutions and settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Inside?*

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 is the only resolution where the combo consistently sustains playable frame rates across most settings, with Low averaging 141 FPS, Medium averaging 113 FPS, and High averaging 70 FPS. At 2560x1440, only Low (101 FPS) and Medium (81 FPS) stay above 60 FPS, while at 3840x2160, even Low drops to 64 FPS.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest rivals in GPU benchmarks?

A: The Arc B370's 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1184 is nearly identical to the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186, delta -0.2%) and the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190, delta -0.5%). It trails the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (1192, delta -0.7%) by a negligible margin and leads the AMD FirePro M2000 (1168, delta 1.4%) by 1.4%.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5600X a strong CPU for gaming workloads?

A: The CPU sits at the 75th percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 21771. In Cinebench R23, it scores 11838 multi-core and 1541 single-core. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (21749, delta 0.1%), AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U (21874, delta -0.5%), and Intel Core i7-11700 (21891, delta -0.5%), indicating performance parity with those parts.

Q: At which settings does the Arc B370 become the limiting factor?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at every measured point. For example, at 3840x2160 Ultra the combo averages 30 FPS, while at 1920x1080 Ultra it averages 67 FPS. The CPU's 3DMark multi-threaded scores (5588 max threads, 4811 at 8 threads) suggest it could push far higher frame rates if the GPU were not capping performance.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from Low to Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS falls from 141 on Low to 113 on Medium, then to 70 on High, and finally to 67 on Ultra. This represents a 52.5% reduction from Low to Ultra, indicating that higher settings impose a steep cost on the Arc B370.

Q: Does the combo ever hit 4K 60 FPS?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the highest average FPS is 64 on Low, which barely clears 60, but Medium drops to 51, High to 32, and Ultra to 30. The minimum FPS at 4K Medium is 43, so sustained 60 FPS at 4K is not achievable with this configuration.

Settings Recommendations

For a smooth 60 FPS experience, the data suggests that 1920x1080 with Medium settings is the sweet spot. The measured average is 113 FPS with a minimum of 96 FPS and a maximum of 130 FPS, providing comfortable headroom above the 60 FPS threshold while retaining visual quality. Dropping to Low at 1080p pushes the average to 141 FPS, which is beneficial for high-refresh-rate displays, but the visual trade-off may not be worth it for a game like Inside that relies on atmospheric lighting and shadow detail.

At 2560x1440, Medium is the only setting that maintains a robust frame rate, averaging 81 FPS with a minimum of 69 FPS. Low at 1440p averages 101 FPS, but High drops to 51 FPS and Ultra to 48 FPS, which are below the 60 FPS target. For 4K users, only Low (64 FPS average) approaches playability, while Medium (51 FPS), High (32 FPS), and Ultra (30 FPS) all fall short.

The measured rows indicate that the step from Medium to High is particularly punishing: at 1080p, the drop is from 113 to 70 FPS, a 38% reduction; at 1440p, it is from 81 to 51 FPS, a 37% reduction; and at 4K, it is from 51 to 32 FPS, a 37% reduction. This consistent pattern suggests that High settings enable effects that disproportionately burden the Arc B370, making Medium the recommended preset for balanced performance.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound scenario with near-linear degradation. At Medium settings, the combo delivers 113 FPS at 1920x1080, 81 FPS at 2560x1440, and 51 FPS at 3840x2160. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 28.3%, and from 1440p to 4K is 37.0%, while the total drop from 1080p to 4K is 54.9%. This is consistent with a GPU that is saturated even at lower resolutions.

At Low settings, the scaling is steeper: 141 FPS at 1080p, 101 FPS at 1440p, and 64 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K reduction is 54.6%, nearly identical to the Medium setting. This indicates that even at the lowest quality preset, the GPU is the limiting component, as a CPU-bound scenario would show diminishing frame rate drops at higher resolutions.

The High settings row shows 70 FPS at 1080p, 51 FPS at 1440p, and 32 FPS at 4K, a 54.3% total drop. Ultra settings follow the same pattern: 67, 48, and 30 FPS, a 55.2% drop. The consistency across all four presets—each showing roughly a 55% reduction from 1080p to 4K—strongly indicates that the Intel Arc B370's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth (system shared, system dependent) are the primary constraints, not the Ryzen 5 5600X's processing power.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 2654th out of 2887 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the 8th percentile of all combos. This is a low standing that reflects the GPU's 5th percentile position among all GPUs, not the CPU's 75th percentile standing. The Arc B370's average benchmark score of 1184 places it alongside decade-old discrete GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 5600X's average score of 21771 indicates a CPU that could support far stronger graphics hardware.

In practical terms, this ranking means that nearly 92% of tested combos deliver better performance in Inside. The data shows that the GPU's nearest rivals—ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5770, AMD Radeon HD 7650M, and AMD FirePro M2000—are all legacy parts from the early 2010s, underscoring the Arc B370's position as an entry-level integrated graphics solution rather than a discrete gaming GPU. Despite this, the combo does achieve playable frame rates at 1080p Medium, which is notable given the GPU's low compute ceiling.

The CPU's position among its rivals—within 0.6% of the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U, Intel Core i7-11700, and AMD EPYC 9554P—confirms that the processor is not the reason for the low combo rank. A user upgrading the GPU while keeping the Ryzen 5 5600X would likely see a dramatic improvement in Inside performance.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) based on the Xe3-LPG architecture, built on Intel's 3 nm process. It has 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units, with 10 ray tracing cores. Its clocks are 300 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost, yielding a pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s, a texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s, and 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 performance. The memory is system shared, meaning bandwidth is system dependent.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 places it at the 5th percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190) and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186). In Inside, this translates to a hard ceiling on frame rates. At 1080p Ultra, the combo averages 67 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 30 FPS. The GPU's 25 W TDP and IGP slot width indicate it is designed for low-power portable devices, not high-end gaming.

The consistent 55% frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings confirms that the GPU's memory bandwidth and pixel throughput are the limiting factors. The system shared memory, with bandwidth described as system dependent, cannot provide the dedicated bandwidth that discrete GPUs offer, which is particularly detrimental at higher resolutions. The GPU's 20 ROPs and 40 TMUs are modest figures that further explain the steep performance penalty at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results: Low averages 141 FPS, Medium averages 113 FPS (min 96, max 130), High averages 70 FPS, and Ultra averages 67 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 43 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 3 FPS, suggesting that Ultra adds little visual benefit for the performance cost.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 101 FPS, Medium averages 81 FPS (min 69, max 93), High averages 51 FPS, and Ultra averages 48 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop is 30 FPS, again the largest step. At 1440p, only Low and Medium exceed the 60 FPS threshold.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 64 FPS, Medium averages 51 FPS (min 43, max 59), High averages 32 FPS, and Ultra averages 30 FPS. No setting at 4K achieves a comfortable 60 FPS average, and the Medium minimum of 43 FPS indicates noticeable stutter during demanding scenes.

The minimum FPS data, available only for Medium settings, shows 96 FPS at 1080p, 69 FPS at 1440p, and 43 FPS at 4K. These minimums are 85%, 85%, and 84% of their respective averages, indicating relatively stable frame pacing without severe hitches. The maximum FPS values at Medium are 130, 93, and 59, respectively.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer), manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. It runs at 3.70 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost, with 64 KB L1, 512 KB L2 per core, and 32 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s and uses PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes.

Benchmark results show a strong single-threaded performer: 3DMark single-thread score of 917, Cinebench R23 single-core of 1541, and Geekbench single-core of 1989. Multi-threaded scores are also solid: Cinebench R23 multi-core of 11838, Geekbench multi-core of 9173, and 3DMark max threads of 5588. The CPU's 75th percentile ranking and average score of 21771 place it within 0.6% of several modern rivals.

In Inside, the CPU's role is clearly secondary. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (141 FPS) suggests the CPU can drive high frame rates, but the GPU limits performance at higher settings and resolutions. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1793 and 4-thread score of 3363 indicate that the CPU's single-thread and lightly-threaded performance is more than adequate for a puzzle platformer like Inside, which typically relies on a few primary threads. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die reflect an efficient design that does not throttle, allowing consistent performance across benchmark runs.

The data shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X is not the bottleneck: at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 141 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra, it drops to 67 FPS, a 52.5% reduction that aligns with the GPU's load. The CPU's 3DMark 8-thread score of 4811 and 16-thread score of 5582 further confirm that it has ample headroom for this game. A more powerful GPU would unlock the CPU's full potential, but with the Arc B370, the processor's capabilities are largely untapped.