Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Radeon RX 5700 XT combination delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer from 2016. The data shows a system that scales predictably with resolution and settings, moving from a fluid 60 FPS experience at 4K Ultra to a staggering 276.3 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating a pairing where the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor only at the highest visual presets.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear performance curve that isolates the GPU as the bottleneck at higher resolutions. At Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops from 131.9 FPS at 1920x1080 to 93.3 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 38.6 FPS. Pushing further to 3840x2160 sees the average slide to 60.2 FPS, meaning the jump from 1440p to 4K incurs a 33.1 FPS penalty. This scaling pattern is classic GPU-bound behavior; the CPU has ample headroom, but the RX 5700 XT's rendering pipeline becomes saturated as pixel count increases.

The scaling picture changes significantly when looking at lower settings. At High settings, the system manages 139.9 FPS at 1080p, dropping to 100.9 FPS at 1440p and 64.7 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 4K here is 75.2 FPS, which is proportionally larger than the Ultra setting gap. This suggests that at High settings, the GPU is still the primary constraint, but the reduced shading load allows the processor to feed frames more efficiently, exposing a larger absolute difference in GPU throughput across resolutions. Interestingly, at Low settings, the frame rates are so high (276.3 FPS at 1080p) that the data implies the engine's draw call overhead or a frame limiter may be coming into play, as the scaling from 1440p to 1080p (200.5 to 276.3 FPS) is not perfectly linear.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific CPU-GPU pairing achieves a combo rank of 1247 out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside. This places it in the lower-mid tier of all possible pairings, which is expected given the GPU's age relative to the CPU. The rank indicates that while the combination is not a top performer, it is far from being an outlier or a mismatched pair.

The CPU's individual standing is much higher than the combo rank. The Ryzen 5 7600 sits in the 83rd percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26617. Its nearest rivals in terms of aggregate CPU performance are the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (26574, a 0.2% difference) and the Intel Core i9-12900HK (26672, a -0.2% difference). This suggests the processor is not the limiting factor in the combo's overall ranking. Conversely, the GPU's percentile is 68 against all GPUs, with an average score of 24731. The combo rank of 1247 out of 1671 is a direct consequence of the GPU's relatively lower standing compared to the CPU's high placement, confirming that the graphics card holds the pairing back from a higher rank in this specific title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael. It operates on the AMD Socket AM5 platform and features a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support contribute to its strong synthetic performance, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22992 and a single-core score of 3246.

For a game like Inside, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a 2016 release date, the CPU's high single-thread performance is more critical than its multi-core muscle. The game's physics and logic are typically bound to a few threads. The data supports this; the 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and the 2-thread score of 1938 are substantial, ensuring the game's logic is never starved. At 1080p Low settings, the combo hits 276.3 FPS, a figure that would be impossible if the CPU were a bottleneck at that resolution. The fact that the frame rate scales so dramatically with resolution and settings confirms the CPU is delivering frames well above what the GPU can process in most scenarios. The Ryzen 5 7600's passive 65W TDP also means it is unlikely to throttle in a standard desktop configuration, maintaining consistent boost clocks during extended sessions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a complete matrix of performance across three resolutions and four settings levels. All figures are average FPS, with no min or max FPS recorded. At 1920x1080, the system is exceptionally fast: Low settings yield 276.3 FPS, Medium 222.3 FPS, High 139.9 FPS, and Ultra 131.9 FPS. The delta between High and Ultra is a mere 8 FPS, suggesting the Ultra preset in Inside adds minimal additional load over High at this resolution, likely due to a cap on certain effects.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales down proportionally. Low settings average 200.5 FPS, Medium 156.5 FPS, High 100.9 FPS, and Ultra 93.3 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra narrows further to 7.6 FPS. At 3840x2160, the system becomes more constrained. Low settings still manage a smooth 122.5 FPS, while Medium averages 102 FPS. High settings drop to 64.7 FPS, and Ultra dips to 60.2 FPS. The most significant relative drop occurs between Medium and High at 4K, where the frame rate falls by 37.3 FPS, indicating that the High preset introduces a significant shader or texture load that the RX 5700 XT struggles to maintain at this pixel count.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the RDNA 1.0 architecture with the Navi 10 chip, manufactured on a 7 nm process. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. Its boost clock is rated at 1905 MHz, with a game clock of 1755 MHz. The GPU's 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 121.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 304.8 GTexel/s, with a peak FP32 performance of 9.754 TFLOPS.

In Inside, the GPU's role is definitive. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for all tested settings, as the game is not VRAM-intensive, but the raw compute and fill rate are what dictate the frame rates. The performance drop from 122.5 FPS at 4K Low to 60.2 FPS at 4K Ultra highlights the GPU's limits with higher-quality shaders and post-processing effects. The GPU's synthetic scores, such as a PassMark G3D score of 16277 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2134, correlate with its mid-range standing (68th percentile). Its nearest rivals in aggregate score are the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile (24763, a -0.1% difference) and the Intel Arc A350M (24647, a 0.3% difference), which places its raw compute in a specific performance tier. The benchmarks indicate that the RX 5700 XT is the component that anchors this combo's rank, as its performance ceiling is reached well before the Ryzen 5 7600's capabilities are exhausted.