Inside

# Inside on AMD Ryzen 5 7400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti pairing delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far more demanding than its art style suggests. Measured data shows this combo ranks 328th out of 2,887 tested configurations, placing it in the top 12% of all systems. With frame rates ranging from 119 FPS at 4K Ultra to 337 FPS at 1080p Low, this setup obliterates the 60 FPS target at every resolution and preset tested, making it a no-compromise choice for high-refresh-rate displays.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four presets tested at each resolution. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is substantial—337 FPS versus 255 FPS—but even the most demanding preset produces frame rates far beyond what any current display can refresh. The 1080p Ultra result of 255 FPS represents a 24% drop from the Low preset, yet it remains more than four times the 60 FPS baseline. For users prioritizing maximum visual fidelity, Ultra is the obvious choice at 1080p, as the performance penalty is imperceptible on standard 144Hz monitors.

Moving to 1440p, the pattern shifts slightly. High settings deliver 199 FPS, while Ultra drops to 189 FPS—a modest 5% reduction that is well within the margin of error for perceived smoothness. The Medium preset at 1440p produces 278 FPS, which is 40% faster than High, suggesting that Medium offers the best balance for competitive play on high-refresh 1440p panels. However, given that even Ultra maintains 189 FPS, there is no practical reason to sacrifice image quality unless targeting 240Hz displays, where the Medium preset's 278 FPS becomes the safer bet.

At 4K, the recommendations become more nuanced. Ultra yields 119 FPS, which is still comfortably above 60 FPS but below the 144Hz threshold many 4K monitors advertise. High settings improve this to 125 FPS, a marginal 5% gain. The Medium preset jumps to 200 FPS, representing a 60% improvement over High and a 68% improvement over Ultra. For 4K gaming, Medium is the recommended starting point—it clears 144Hz with headroom while retaining most of the visual enhancements that matter in Inside's atmospheric side-scrolling world. The Low preset at 250 FPS is only relevant for extreme refresh rates or competitive play, which is unusual for this genre.

The data indicates that the RTX 5070 Ti has enough headroom at 1080p and 1440p to run Ultra without concern. At 4K, the choice between Medium and High depends on display refresh rate—Medium for 144Hz+, High for 120Hz panels, and Ultra only if 60Hz is the ceiling.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain why the measured frame rates are so high. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. For Inside, a game with a modest texture footprint, this memory configuration is overkill—the game's art style relies on silhouettes and atmospheric lighting rather than high-resolution textures, so VRAM capacity is never a limiting factor at any resolution tested.

The clock speeds are equally impressive. The GPU runs at a base clock of 2295 MHz and boosts to 2452 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). These frequencies, combined with 8,960 shading units and 280 tensor cores, produce 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This raw compute power is what drives the 337 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low, where the GPU is the primary bottleneck despite the CPU's 4.70 GHz boost clock.

The RTX 5070 Ti's position in the GPU landscape is clarified by its benchmark scores. It achieves a Passmark G3D score of 32,974 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,604. Its average benchmark score of 49,957 places it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (0.1% lower average score), Intel Arc A550M (0.4% higher), AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (2% higher), and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (3.1% lower). These deltas are small in synthetic terms, but the measured FPS data shows the RTX 5070 Ti excels in Inside specifically, likely due to its Blackwell architecture's efficiency in this game's rendering pipeline.

The GPU's 300 W TDP and 16-pin power connector suggest it draws significant power, but no wattage figures are available for in-game measurements. The 16 GB VRAM ensures that even at 4K Ultra, there is ample memory headroom. The data shows no min FPS drops below 170 FPS at 4K Medium, indicating consistent frame pacing without VRAM-related stutters.

How This Combo Ranks

This configuration ranks 328th out of 2,887 tested combos in Inside, which places it in the 88.6th percentile of all systems. This ranking is notably lower than the individual component percentiles—the CPU sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. The discrepancy suggests that Inside is more CPU-bound than many other games, particularly at lower resolutions where the GPU has excess headroom.

The CPU, AMD Ryzen 5 7400F, is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 part based on the Raphael architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process. It boosts to 4.70 GHz and achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21,765 and a single-core score of 3,072. Its average benchmark score of 32,750 places it near the Intel Core i5-14600T (0.1% higher), Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (0.2% higher), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (0.2% lower), and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (0.3% higher). These rivals are all within 0.3% of the 7400F, indicating that CPU performance is tightly clustered at this tier.

Given that the combo ranks 328th out of 2,887, there are 2,559 configurations that produce higher frame rates in Inside. This is likely due to the game's older engine, which may not fully utilize the RTX 5070 Ti's modern architecture. The 328th rank is still excellent—it represents the top 11.4% of all tested systems—but it does not reflect the GPU's 86th percentile standing. Users upgrading from a lower-tier GPU will see massive gains, but those expecting top-50 performance will find the CPU limiting in this specific title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5070 Ti delivers staggering performance across all presets. Low settings produce 337 FPS average, Medium yields 311 FPS with a min of 264 FPS and a max of 357 FPS, High achieves 259 FPS, and Ultra reaches 255 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 82 FPS, representing a 24% reduction in frame rate. Interestingly, the gap between High (259 FPS) and Ultra (255 FPS) is just 4 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset's additional effects are nearly free on this hardware. The Medium preset's min FPS of 264 FPS guarantees no drops below 240Hz refresh rates, making it the only preset that can sustain a 240Hz display without any frame drops.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains outstanding. Low settings hit 302 FPS, Medium produces 278 FPS (min 237, max 320), High delivers 199 FPS, and Ultra drops to 189 FPS. The transition from Low to Medium is a modest 8% reduction, but the jump from Medium to High is a substantial 28% decline. This cliff suggests that the High preset introduces a significant rendering cost, likely related to shadow quality or post-processing effects. The Medium preset's 278 FPS average with a 237 FPS minimum comfortably drives 240Hz monitors, while High and Ultra are better suited for 144Hz or 165Hz displays.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates tell a different story. Low settings produce 250 FPS, Medium averages 200 FPS (min 170, max 230), High drops to 125 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 119 FPS. The 4K data reveals a dramatic scaling pattern: Medium to High represents a 37.5% performance loss, while High to Ultra is only a 4.8% loss. This suggests that the High preset at 4K introduces a rendering bottleneck that is not present at lower resolutions. The Medium preset's 200 FPS average with 170 FPS minimum is the only 4K option that can sustain 165Hz displays without frame drops, while High and Ultra are limited to 120Hz or 60Hz panels respectively.

The complete dataset shows that the RTX 5070 Ti scales almost linearly from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings (337 to 302 FPS, an 10% drop), but the 1440p to 4K transition at Low is more severe (302 to 250 FPS, a 17% drop). This non-linear scaling indicates that 4K begins to strain the GPU's memory bandwidth, despite the 896.0 GB/s capacity.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo responds to increasing resolution. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 337 FPS at 1080p to 302 FPS at 1440p (a 10.4% decrease) and then to 250 FPS at 4K (a 17.2% decrease from 1440p). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 25.8%. This pattern is consistent with a GPU that is still underutilized at 1080p Low, but begins to approach its limits at 4K.

At Medium settings, the scaling is steeper: 311 FPS at 1080p to 278 FPS at 1440p (a 10.6% decrease) and then to 200 FPS at 4K (a 28.1% decrease from 1440p). The 1080p to 4K total drop is 35.7%. The larger proportional drop at 4K Medium compared to 4K Low indicates that the Medium preset's additional effects amplify the GPU's workload at higher resolutions.

High settings show the most dramatic scaling: 259 FPS at 1080p to 199 FPS at 1440p (a 23.2% decrease) and then to 125 FPS at 4K (a 37.2% decrease from 1440p). The 1080p to 4K total drop is 51.7%. This near-halving of frame rates from 1080p to 4K at High settings suggests that this preset is where the GPU's shading units and TMUs become the primary bottleneck, rather than memory bandwidth.

Ultra settings follow a similar pattern: 255 FPS at 1080p to 189 FPS at 1440p (a 25.9% decrease) and then to 119 FPS at 4K (a 37.0% decrease from 1440p). The 1080p to 4K total drop is 53.3%. The similarity between High and Ultra scaling (51.7% vs. 53.3%) confirms that the Ultra preset's marginal additions are not the cause of the 4K performance cliff—rather, it is the High preset's core effects that drive this behavior.

The CPU's role in this scaling is evident at 1080p. The Ryzen 5 7400F's 6 cores and 12 threads, boosting to 4.70 GHz, can feed the GPU at 1080p Low where 337 FPS is achieved. However, the 1080p to 1440p drop at Low settings (10.4%) is smaller than the 1440p to 4K drop (17.2%), indicating that the GPU becomes progressively more limiting as resolution increases. At 4K, the GPU is almost certainly the sole bottleneck, as the CPU has ample headroom at these lower frame rates.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gaming on this combo?

A: The data shows the Medium preset at 4K delivers 200 FPS average with a 170 FPS minimum, which is the only 4K option that can sustain 165Hz displays without frame drops. High and Ultra produce 125 FPS and 119 FPS respectively, making them suitable only for 120Hz or 60Hz panels.

Q: Can this system maintain 240 FPS at 1080p?

A: Yes, but only on the Low and Medium presets. At 1080p Low, the average is 337 FPS, and at Medium, it is 311 FPS with a minimum of 264 FPS. The High and Ultra presets average 259 and 255 FPS respectively, which falls short of a 240Hz display's refresh rate.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32,750. Its closest competitors are the Intel Core i5-14600T (0.1% higher), Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (0.2% higher), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (0.2% lower), and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (0.3% higher). All are within 0.3% of each other, indicating near-identical synthetic performance.

Q: Is 16 GB of VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB GDDR7 memory with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth is more than adequate for Inside. The measured data shows no min FPS anomalies at 4K Medium (170 FPS minimum) that would indicate VRAM capacity or bandwidth limitations, even at the most demanding settings.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At Ultra settings, the average FPS drops from 255 at 1080p to 189 at 1440p (a 25.9% decrease) and then to 119 at 4K (a 37.0% decrease from 1440p). The total reduction from 1080p to 4K is 53.3%.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems?

A: This configuration ranks 328th out of 2,887 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the top 11.4% of all systems. The rank reflects the game's CPU-bound nature at lower resolutions, as both the CPU (83rd percentile) and GPU (86th percentile) individually score higher than the combo's overall percentile.