Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers a commanding performance in Inside, a game that is far more forgiving on hardware than its atmospheric presentation might suggest. The measured data shows this combination is capable of extreme frame rates, often exceeding the refresh rates of standard displays, with the primary trade-off being the balance between visual fidelity and raw FPS.

Settings Recommendations

For this specific hardware pairing, the benchmark results indicate that the High preset offers the most balanced experience across all tested resolutions. At 1920x1080, High settings produce an average of 166.2 FPS, which is a substantial 7.5 FPS improvement over the Ultra preset’s 158.7 FPS. This suggests that the visual leap from High to Ultra is not worth the performance cost, especially since High already provides a frame rate well above the 144 Hz threshold for high-refresh-rate monitors.

The data becomes even more compelling at higher resolutions. At 2560x1440, High settings maintain an average of 120.7 FPS, which is only slightly above the 115.5 FPS of Ultra. However, the gap widens significantly when moving to 4K. At 3840x2160, High yields 78.2 FPS, which is 6 FPS faster than Ultra’s 72.2 FPS. The Medium preset, while offering 122.5 FPS at 4K, drops below the 60 FPS comfort zone when paired with High at the same resolution, making it a less attractive option for those who prioritize visual quality.

The Low preset is the outlier, delivering astonishing performance with 338.6 FPS at 1080p, 240.7 FPS at 1440p, and 152.8 FPS at 4K. While these numbers are impressive, they come at the cost of the game’s moody lighting and shadow details, which are central to the Inside experience. Therefore, for players with high-refresh-rate 1080p or 1440p displays, High is the clear recommendation. For 4K users, High remains the best choice, as it stays above 60 FPS while preserving the game’s intended aesthetic.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is the primary driver of frame rates in this configuration, and its specifications align well with the game’s demands. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s. While Inside is not a memory-intensive title, this capacity ensures no bottlenecks even at 4K with higher presets. The GPU’s 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs, paired with a boost clock of 2581 MHz, provide ample pixel-pushing power for the game’s side-scrolling perspective.

The data shows that the GPU scales predictably with resolution. At 1080p, the average frame rate across all four presets is 232.65 FPS, while at 4K it drops to 106.43 FPS. This represents a 54.2% reduction in performance from 1080p to 4K, which is a typical pattern for a GPU of this class. The RX 6700 XT’s 13.21 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is more than sufficient for Inside, as evidenced by the fact that even the Ultra preset at 4K maintains a playable 72.2 FPS. The GPU’s RDNA 2.0 architecture, with its 40 ray accelerators, is largely underutilized here, as the game does not feature ray-traced effects, but the raw rasterization performance is clearly the deciding factor in the measured results.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the relationship between the CPU and GPU in this system. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 338.6 FPS, which is a CPU-bound scenario where the Ryzen 5 7600’s single-thread performance is the limiting factor. However, as resolution increases, the load shifts to the GPU. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is 97.9 FPS (from 338.6 to 240.7), a 28.9% reduction. Moving from 1440p to 4K at Low settings results in another 87.9 FPS drop (from 240.7 to 152.8), a 36.5% reduction.

This pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the dominant constraint at higher resolutions. At High settings, the FPS drops from 166.2 at 1080p to 120.7 at 1440p (a 27.4% decrease), and then to 78.2 at 4K (a 35.2% decrease from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across presets suggests that the game’s rendering load scales linearly with pixel count, and the RX 6700 XT’s memory bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s is sufficient to feed the GPU’s cores without creating a memory-bandwidth bottleneck. The data clearly shows that 4K is the most demanding scenario, but the combo still manages to stay above 60 FPS on High, making it a viable 4K-capable setup for this title.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested combinations, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 7600 and RX 6700 XT holds a combo rank of 840 out of 1671 tested configurations. This places it in the 50.2nd percentile, meaning it outperforms roughly half of all tested combos. This ranking is notable because Inside is a relatively lightweight game, so the ranking likely reflects the strength of the individual components rather than the game’s demands.

The CPU’s average benchmark score of 26617 places it at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i9-11900K, which scores 26546, a delta of 0.3%. The GPU’s average score of 33721 puts it at the 77th percentile among all GPUs, with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 trailing by only 0.7% at 33493. These individual component strengths contribute to the combo’s respectable mid-pack ranking. However, the ranking also suggests that many other combos, likely with higher-end GPUs, achieve similar or better frame rates in this title, which is expected given that Inside does not heavily tax modern graphics hardware.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, plays a supporting role in this game’s performance. The CPU’s base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.10 GHz, combined with a substantial 32 MB of L3 cache, ensures that it can keep up with the GPU’s frame output without becoming a bottleneck. The benchmark results show strong single-thread performance, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3246.

In Inside, which is not a multi-threaded title, the CPU’s single-thread capabilities are what matter most. The data supports this, as the frame rates at 1080p Low (338.6 FPS) are so high that they likely approach the CPU’s maximum frame generation limit. The CPU’s 3DMark 2-thread score of 1938 and 4-thread score of 3686 indicate that even with only a few active threads, the processor can deliver the necessary instructions to maintain high frame rates. The Ryzen 5 7600’s 65W TDP and Zen 4 architecture on a 5 nm process also mean it generates less heat, allowing the GPU to operate in a thermally stable environment, which is reflected in the consistent frame times across the measured settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured frame rates provides a detailed picture of performance across all combinations of resolution and settings.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers the highest average at 338.6 FPS. The Medium preset follows at 267.1 FPS, which is a 21.1% reduction from Low. High settings produce 166.2 FPS, a 37.8% drop from Medium, while Ultra yields 158.7 FPS, only 4.5% lower than High. This indicates diminishing returns for the Ultra preset, which offers minimal visual improvements for a measurable performance hit.

At 2560x1440, the pattern repeats. Low settings achieve 240.7 FPS, Medium delivers 193.2 FPS (a 19.7% reduction), High hits 120.7 FPS (a 37.5% drop), and Ultra produces 115.5 FPS (a 4.3% decrease from High). The relative performance gaps between presets are nearly identical to those at 1080p, showing that the GPU’s scaling is consistent.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more moderate. Low settings still manage an impressive 152.8 FPS, Medium drops to 122.5 FPS (a 19.8% reduction), High falls to 78.2 FPS (a 36.2% drop), and Ultra lands at 72.2 FPS (a 7.7% decrease from High). Notably, the gap between High and Ultra widens at 4K compared to lower resolutions, suggesting that the Ultra preset’s additional effects become more computationally expensive at higher pixel counts.

The overall average frame rate across all twelve measured configurations is 168.9 FPS. The lowest recorded average is 72.2 FPS (4K Ultra), which remains comfortably above the 60 FPS standard for smooth gameplay. The highest is 338.6 FPS (1080p Low), demonstrating the combo’s ability to push far beyond typical display refresh rates. This data confirms that the Ryzen 5 7600 and RX 6700 XT combination is exceptionally well-suited for Inside, offering a wide range of settings to match any display’s capabilities.