Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The data shows this combination is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, yet capable of massive frame rates that far exceed display refresh rates, making the game’s performance a study in headroom rather than limitation.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a classic scaling curve, but with an unusual twist: the frame rates are so high that the resolution drop from 4K to 1080p produces diminishing returns. At 4K Ultra, the combo averages 124.9 FPS. Dropping to 1440p Ultra raises that to 202 FPS, a 61.7% improvement. Moving further down to 1080p Ultra yields 235.5 FPS, which is only a 16.6% gain over the 1440p result. This pattern indicates that while the RTX 4080 SUPER is still the primary driver at 4K, the CPU begins to assert itself as a limiting factor as resolution decreases.

The scaling is even more pronounced at High settings. The 4K High average of 130.8 FPS jumps to 213.1 FPS at 1440p, a 63% increase. However, the 1080p High result of 239.9 FPS is just 12.6% higher than the 1440p figure. This plateau suggests that the Ryzen 5 5600X’s six cores and 12 threads are approaching their ceiling around the 240 FPS mark in this title, regardless of the GPU’s capability. The Low settings data confirms this: 310.8 FPS at 1080p, 277 FPS at 1440p, and 237.1 FPS at 4K. The spread between 1080p and 4K Low is only 73.7 FPS, a relatively narrow band that speaks to the game’s low graphical complexity and the CPU’s role in capping performance.

The data suggests that for this specific title, the most meaningful resolution scaling occurs between 4K and 1440p. The jump from 1440p to 1080p yields increasingly smaller returns, indicating that players with 144Hz or 240Hz monitors will see little practical difference between these two resolutions. The limiting component shifts from the GPU at 4K to the CPU at 1080p, where the 5600X’s single-thread performance becomes the bottleneck in a game that is not heavily multithreaded.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 243rd out of 1,671 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the top 14.5% of all configurations, a strong showing that reflects the GPU’s high-end positioning. The rank is somewhat surprising given the RTX 4080 SUPER’s power, but it is tempered by the CPU’s more modest standing. The Ryzen 5 5600X holds a 78th percentile ranking among all CPUs, while the RTX 4080 SUPER sits in the 88th percentile among GPUs. The combination’s overall rank is dragged down by the CPU’s relative weakness in this specific game’s engine.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT, which scores 20,740, and the Intel Core i7-10700 at 20,746. The 5600X’s average benchmark score of 20,680 is just 0.3% lower than both, indicating they are functionally equivalent in general compute tasks. The Intel Core i5-12490F scores 20,794, a 0.5% advantage over the 5600X. This tight grouping means that swapping the 5600X for any of these alternatives would likely produce nearly identical results in Inside, as the game’s performance is not sensitive to the small differences in multi-threaded throughput.

The GPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, scores 53,489 in aggregate benchmarks, just 0.2% behind the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 53,610. This suggests that in GPU-bound scenarios at 4K, the RX 6900 XT would deliver near-identical frame rates. However, the NVIDIA card’s advantage becomes more apparent in the CPU-limited sections at 1080p, where driver overhead and frame pacing can differ. The overall combo rank of 243rd indicates that while the GPU is top-tier, the pairing with a mid-range 5000-series CPU prevents it from reaching the absolute top of the charts in this particular game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain why Inside runs at such high frame rates. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s. This is far more bandwidth than a puzzle platformer requires, even at 4K with Ultra settings. The memory clock runs at 1438 MHz with 23 Gbps effective speed, and the 256-bit bus ensures that texture streaming and asset loading are never a bottleneck. The data shows that even at 4K Ultra, the game averages 124.9 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS target most games aim for, indicating the GPU is not being pushed to its limits.

The GPU’s core clocks are equally impressive, with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz. These high clocks, combined with 10,240 shading units, allow the RTX 4080 SUPER to process the game’s relatively simple 2.5D visuals with ease. The pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s are overkill for Inside, which relies on atmospheric lighting and sparse geometry rather than dense particle effects. The GPU’s 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are unused in this game, but they contribute to the card’s 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is more than sufficient for any real-time rendering task this title presents.

The GPU’s end-of-life production status and its 320 W TDP suggest it is a high-power part, but the benchmark results show it barely breaks a sweat in this workload. The measured FPS at 4K Low of 237.1 FPS indicates that even at the lowest settings, the GPU is not the limiting factor; the CPU is. This is a clear sign that the RTX 4080 SUPER is overprovisioned for Inside, and its role is to ensure that no matter what the CPU can deliver, the GPU will never drop below that threshold. The 16 GB VRAM is also far beyond the game’s requirements, meaning there is zero risk of memory capacity issues at any resolution or setting.

FAQ

*Q: What is the maximum average FPS achievable with this combo in Inside?*

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 310.8 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the peak performance point for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and RTX 4080 SUPER combination.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo averages 124.9 FPS. This is still well above 120 FPS, making it suitable for high refresh rate 4K displays.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data indicates the CPU becomes the limiting factor at 1080p. The gap between 1080p and 1440p High settings is only 26.8 FPS, suggesting the Ryzen 5 5600X’s single-thread performance caps the frame rate around 240 FPS.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: It ranks 243rd out of 1,671 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the top 14.5% of all configurations tested.

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

A: At 2560x1440, High settings yield 213.1 FPS, while Ultra settings yield 202 FPS. The difference of 11.1 FPS is relatively minor, indicating that the visual upgrade from High to Ultra has a small performance cost.

Q: Does the GPU’s 16 GB VRAM matter for this game?

A: No, Inside is not a VRAM-intensive title. The 16 GB GDDR6X memory is far more than required, ensuring zero memory-related performance issues at any resolution or setting.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce 310.8 FPS, Medium drops to 286.6 FPS, High reduces to 239.9 FPS, and Ultra yields 235.5 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is just 4.4 FPS, showing that the game’s Ultra preset is not significantly more demanding.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains high but shows a clear step down. Low settings average 277 FPS, Medium hits 252.4 FPS, High reaches 213.1 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 202 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra settings is 33.5 FPS, which is a 14.2% reduction. At Low settings, the drop is 33.8 FPS, a 10.9% reduction. This indicates that the scaling is largely consistent across settings, with the GPU handling the increased pixel count efficiently.

At 3840x2160, 4K performance is still excellent but shows the most significant scaling impact. Low settings average 237.1 FPS, Medium drops to 213.2 FPS, High yields 130.8 FPS, and Ultra produces 124.9 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 4K is substantial, with a reduction of 82.4 FPS. This suggests that the High and Ultra presets introduce effects that are disproportionately expensive at 4K resolution. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is just 5.9 FPS, which is the smallest gap between any two consecutive settings at any resolution.

The data shows a clear pattern: the game is playable at extremely high frame rates across all settings, with the 4K High preset being the most demanding relative to its performance. The 124.9 FPS at 4K Ultra is still a remarkable result for a 2016 game, demonstrating that this modern hardware combination has no trouble maintaining high refresh rates even at the most demanding settings.