Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016 that proves far more scalable than its minimalist visuals suggest. The measured frame rates across three resolutions and four quality presets show a system that is never strained, yet the scaling patterns reveal distinct bottlenecks depending on where you look. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 306.7 FPS, but dropping to 4K with Ultra settings still holds 71.6 FPS, indicating a wide performance envelope that accommodates both high-refresh monitors and high-resolution displays.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K exposes a classic GPU-bound curve, but with an unusual amplitude for a game of this genre. At High settings, average frame rate falls from 165.9 FPS at 1920x1080 to 121.9 FPS at 2560x1440, then down to 73.2 FPS at 3840x2160. That represents a 55.9% drop from 1080p to 4K, which is substantial but still leaves the game comfortably playable at all three resolutions. The Low preset tells a similar story but with higher absolute numbers: 306.7 FPS at 1080p, 240.8 FPS at 1440p, and 149.7 FPS at 4K. Here, the 4K figure is still more than double the refresh rate of most standard displays, suggesting that even the most demanding resolution is not a limiting factor for competitive play.

The scaling between Medium and Ultra presets is particularly telling. At 4K, Medium yields 118.8 FPS while Ultra drops to 71.6 FPS—a 39.7% reduction—whereas at 1440p the same preset change only costs 39.0% (189.4 FPS to 115.4 FPS). This indicates that the RTX 4060’s rendering load scales predictably with pixel count, but the game’s Ultra settings introduce effects that disproportionately tax the GPU at higher resolutions. The 1080p results show the smallest relative gap between Low and Ultra (306.7 FPS to 156.3 FPS, a 49.0% reduction), which hints that at lower resolutions the CPU begins to assert itself, preventing the GPU from fully flexing its capabilities.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory runs at 2125 MHz with a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The card’s boost clock is 2460 MHz, and it maintains a 115 W TDP with a suggested 300 W power supply. In Inside, these specifications translate to headroom that is rarely challenged. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 19545 places it in the 66th percentile among all GPUs, which is competitive but not dominant; its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23321, 0.6% faster) and the Intel Arc B580 (23021, 0.7% slower).

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is ample for Inside, a title that does not push texture budgets even at Ultra settings. The measured frame rates show no signs of memory throttling: the 4K Ultra result of 71.6 FPS is smooth, and the gap between Medium and Ultra at 4K (118.8 vs 71.6 FPS) is consistent with compute-bound rendering rather than memory exhaustion. The RTX 4060’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302 provides context—this is not a high-end card, but it has enough raw throughput to saturate Inside’s modest demands. The GPU’s 3072 shading units and 96 texture mapping units are more than sufficient for this game’s side-scrolling camera and limited draw distances, which is why even the weakest settings produce frame rates well above 200 FPS at 1080p.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 1671 tested combinations, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 5600X and RTX 4060 earns rank 904 in Inside. That places it slightly below the midpoint of the database, which is surprising given the high absolute frame rates. The explanation lies in the fact that Inside is not graphically intensive, so even mid-range GPUs achieve triple-digit FPS, and the ranking reflects relative performance against all combos, many of which pair higher-tier CPUs and GPUs. The 904th position out of 1671 means this combo outperforms 45.9% of tested systems, a figure that underscores how CPU-bound this game can become at lower resolutions.

The Ryzen 5 5600X itself holds a 78th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20680. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: 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). Only the Intel Xeon 6325P trails it by 0.7%. This narrow spread means the CPU is not the differentiator in Inside; instead, the RTX 4060’s 66th percentile GPU ranking (average score 23181) defines the combo’s ceiling. The GPU’s nearest rivals include the GTX 780 Ti (23338, 0.7% faster) and the AMD Radeon 760M (22999, 0.8% slower), which shows the 4060 is competitive with older flagship cards but not with modern high-end options.

FAQ

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K with High settings?

A: The measured average is 73.2 FPS, which is smooth for a puzzle platformer and well above the 60 FPS threshold for most displays.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 306.7 FPS, indicating the CPU is the primary limiter. At 4K Ultra, the 71.6 FPS result shows the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as expected from the resolution scaling data.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested systems?

A: It ranks 904th out of 1671 combos, which means it outperforms roughly 46% of tested systems, despite delivering high absolute frame rates.

Q: Does the RTX 4060’s 8 GB VRAM cause issues in this game?

A: No. The measured frame rates show no evidence of VRAM throttling, and the game’s modest texture requirements are well within the 8 GB capacity.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium produces 189.4 FPS while Ultra drops to 115.4 FPS. For a balance of visual fidelity and speed, Ultra is still viable, but Medium offers a 64% higher frame rate.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600X compare to its closest CPU rivals?

A: It trails the Intel Core i7-10700 by 0.3% and the Intel Core i5-12490F by 0.5% in average benchmark score, but beats the Intel Xeon 6325P by 0.7%.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, manufactured on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU’s 32 MB of L3 cache is a key asset for gaming, and its PassMark single-thread score of 3364 (in the 78th percentile) indicates strong per-core performance. In Inside, which is not heavily threaded, the 5600X’s single-core strength is what enables the high frame rates at lower resolutions. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2622 and multicore score of 18578 show that while the CPU excels in lightly threaded tasks, it also has reasonable multi-threaded headroom.

The CPU’s memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s over dual-channel DDR4 is sufficient for this game, as the measured FPS at 1080p Low (306.7) demonstrates no memory-related stuttering. The 5600X’s 3DMark single-thread score of 917 and 16-thread score of 5582 confirm that it can feed the RTX 4060 without becoming a bottleneck at 1080p, where the GPU is not fully utilized. However, the combo’s 904th rank out of 1671 suggests that other processors with higher boost clocks or more cores can push even higher frame rates in this title. At 4K, the CPU’s role diminishes, and the GPU’s 66th percentile performance becomes the deciding factor, which is why the 4K Ultra result of 71.6 FPS is respectable but not class-leading. The 5600X’s 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die, combined with its 78th percentile CPU ranking, make it a balanced partner for the RTX 4060, neither holding back the GPU at high resolutions nor being the primary constraint at low resolutions.