Inside

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Inside reveals a pronounced scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo delivers 229.7 FPS, which drops to 167.5 FPS at 2560x1440, and further to 106.5 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 53.6% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K at High settings. The scaling is consistent with a workload that becomes progressively more GPU-bound at higher resolutions, though the absolute frame rates remain high throughout.

The Low settings tier shows the steepest resolution penalty. At 1080p Low, the system produces 307.6 FPS, falling to 273.7 FPS at 1440p, and then to 205.1 FPS at 4K. The 4K Low result is 33.3% lower than the 1080p Low figure, indicating that even at minimal graphical load, the rendering resolution imposes a significant cost. This suggests that the GPU's fillrate and memory bandwidth become limiting factors at 4K, regardless of the quality preset.

Medium settings exhibit a similar trajectory: 284.6 FPS at 1080p, 257.4 FPS at 1440p, and 168.4 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K is particularly sharp at 34.6%, whereas the 1080p-to-1440p decrease is a milder 9.6%. This nonlinear scaling implies that pixel throughput demands escalate disproportionately as resolution climbs, a characteristic of games that rely heavily on fragment shading.

Ultra settings present the lowest absolute numbers but follow the same pattern: 221.1 FPS at 1080p, 156.3 FPS at 1440p, and 101.9 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is less than half the 1080p Low figure, yet still comfortably above 100 FPS. Overall, the data indicates that the limiting component shifts from the CPU at low resolutions to the GPU at 4K, with the crossover occurring somewhere between 1440p and 4K depending on the settings tier.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 plays a central role in these results, particularly at higher resolutions. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus delivers 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient to feed the 5888 shading units at 4K without causing memory-related frame drops. The GPU's base clock of 1920 MHz and boost clock of 2475 MHz provide the raw compute throughput needed for Inside's puzzle-platformer rendering, which favors high fill rates over complex geometry.

The memory clock of 1313 MHz, translating to 21 Gbps effective, is a notable factor in the 4K results. The gap between 4K Medium (168.4 FPS) and 4K High (106.5 FPS) suggests that texture bandwidth and memory compression efficiency are being exercised differently across presets. The RTX 4070's 64 ROPs and 184 TMUs handle the pixel and texture work efficiently, as evidenced by the consistent frame rates even at Ultra settings.

At 1080p, the GPU is not the bottleneck. The difference between Low (307.6 FPS) and Ultra (221.1 FPS) is 86.5 FPS, but the absolute numbers indicate the GPU has headroom that the CPU cannot exploit. The GPU's 29.15 TFLOPS FP32 performance is more than adequate for this title, and the data confirms that the RTX 4070's capabilities are only fully engaged when resolution rises to 4K, where the pixel count forces the shading units and memory subsystem to work closer to their limits.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 ranks 450th out of 1671 tested combos in Inside. This places it in the top 27% of all configurations, a respectable position for a mid-range to upper-mid-range pairing. The percentileVsAllGpus score of 81 for the RTX 4070, combined with the percentileVsAllCpus score of 78 for the Ryzen 5 5600X, suggests a balanced pairing where neither component is dramatically outclassing the other.

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for its contribution. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT scores 20740, just 0.3% higher, while the Intel Core i7-10700 matches at 20746 with a -0.3% delta. The Intel Core i5-12490F is 0.5% ahead at 20794, and the Intel Xeon 6325P trails by 0.7% at 20538. These tight margins indicate that the Ryzen 5 5600X's compute performance is well within the expected range for its class, and its 78th percentile standing reflects solid but not exceptional CPU performance.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4070's nearest rivals show more variance. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 scores 37507, 0.6% lower, while the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A is 1.9% behind at 38008. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is 2.2% ahead at 38135, and the AMD Radeon RX 5300M lags by 2.5% at 36371. The GPU's 81st percentile ranking is slightly higher than the CPU's, indicating that the graphics card is marginally stronger relative to its peers than the processor. In Inside specifically, the combo's 450th rank out of 1671 suggests that the game's moderate requirements allow this pairing to outperform many higher-tier combinations that are held back by other factors.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce 307.6 FPS, Medium reaches 284.6 FPS, High achieves 229.7 FPS, and Ultra manages 221.1 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 86.5 FPS, or 28.1%, indicating that graphical quality has a measurable but not overwhelming impact at this resolution. The gap between High and Ultra is just 8.6 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns from the highest preset.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results show a clear step down. Low settings yield 273.7 FPS, Medium hits 257.4 FPS, High produces 167.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 156.3 FPS. The High-to-Ultra difference narrows to 11.2 FPS, but the Medium-to-High gap expands dramatically to 89.9 FPS, revealing that the High preset introduces a significant rendering cost at this resolution. The Low-to-Medium difference of 16.3 FPS is modest, implying that Medium settings are computationally close to Low.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress further downward. Low settings deliver 205.1 FPS, Medium falls to 168.4 FPS, High reaches 106.5 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 101.9 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop of 61.9 FPS is the largest single-settings jump in the entire dataset, highlighting that the High preset's additional effects impose a heavy 4K penalty. Low-to-Medium at 36.7 FPS is also substantial, while High-to-Ultra is a mere 4.6 FPS, indicating that Ultra adds little over High at 4K.

Across all resolutions, the data shows that Low and Medium settings maintain frame rates above 160 FPS even at 4K, while High and Ultra dip below 110 FPS at 4K. The 1080p results all exceed 220 FPS, making the combo ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors at that resolution.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X contributes to these results through its 6 cores and 12 threads, running at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The Zen 3 architecture with its 32 MB L3 cache provides strong single-threaded performance, which is critical for a puzzle-platformer like Inside that likely relies on a primary game thread. The 3dmark_single_thread score of 917 and cinebench_r23_singlecore score of 2622 confirm the CPU's single-thread capability.

At 1080p, the CPU's role becomes more evident. The fact that Low settings reach 307.6 FPS while Ultra achieves 221.1 FPS suggests that the CPU can sustain high frame rates but is not the primary limiter even at the lowest preset. The 1440p Low result of 273.7 FPS, which is only 11.0% lower than 1080p Low, indicates that the CPU is still keeping pace as resolution increases. However, the 4K Low figure of 205.1 FPS, a 25.1% drop from 1440p, shows that GPU load begins to dominate at that point.

The 3dmark_16_threads score of 5582 and 3dmark_max_threads score of 5588 demonstrate balanced multi-threaded performance, while the cinebench_r23_multicore score of 18578 places the CPU well for handling background tasks alongside gaming. The 65 W TDP and 7 nm process node from TSMC allow sustained boost clocks without thermal throttling, which helps maintain consistent frame delivery in longer sessions. The passmark_single_thread score of 3364 and passmark_multithread score of 21858 further corroborate the CPU's ability to feed the RTX 4070 at lower resolutions, where the GPU's headroom would otherwise be wasted. In Inside, the CPU is never the bottleneck at 4K, but at 1080p, the data indicates that frame rates are bounded by the processor's instruction throughput rather than the GPU's rendering capacity.