Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer where frame pacing matters more than raw visual spectacle. Measured data shows that this combination never drops below 72 FPS at any tested setting or resolution, which means even the most demanding preset remains comfortably playable. For the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 stands out as the optimal choice, delivering 192 FPS with a minimum of 163 FPS. At 3840x2160, Medium still produces 120 FPS with a 102 FPS minimum, making it the only 4K setting that offers both high frame rates and the safety margin of a recorded floor. Ultra settings, while visually richer, cut average frame rates nearly in half compared to Medium at every resolution, and the lack of minimum FPS data for Ultra suggests less predictable frame delivery. Low settings push frame rates to 333 FPS at 1080p, but such high numbers exceed the refresh rate of most displays and offer no practical benefit over Medium. Therefore, Medium is the recommended preset for this combo, as it provides the highest average FPS that still includes a measured minimum frame rate, ensuring consistent performance across all three resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS table for this combo reveals a clear hierarchy: Medium settings provide the most efficient use of the hardware’s capabilities. At 1920x1080, Medium yields 266 FPS average with a 226 FPS minimum and 306 FPS maximum, which is a 60% improvement over High’s 167 FPS and a 67% jump over Ultra’s 159 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs only 67 FPS at 1080p (333 to 266), but the visual upgrade in a game like Inside—with its moody lighting and atmospheric shadows—is substantial. At 2560x1440, Medium delivers 192 FPS average with a 163 FPS minimum, still far above the 120 FPS of High and 114 FPS of Ultra. The 4K results are where Medium truly shines: 120 FPS average with a 102 FPS minimum, compared to High’s 75 FPS and Ultra’s 72 FPS. Notably, Low at 4K produces 150 FPS, but this setting strips away the graphical detail that defines the game’s visual identity. The data indicates that Medium is the sweet spot because it maintains a minimum FPS above 100 at all resolutions, while High and Ultra dip to 75 FPS or below at 4K. For users with high-refresh-rate monitors, Medium at 1440p offers the best combination of smoothness and detail, as 192 FPS comfortably exceeds 144 Hz refresh rates. At 4K, Medium’s 120 FPS average still supports 120 Hz displays, and the 102 FPS minimum ensures no noticeable stutter. Low settings are only advisable for competitive play or extremely high refresh rate displays, but given the game’s genre, the visual atmosphere is paramount. Thus, Medium across all resolutions is the recommended preset, offering a 60-100% FPS advantage over High and Ultra while retaining enough graphical fidelity to preserve the intended experience.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for a game like Inside that does not demand large texture pools. The GPU’s clock speeds are 1830 MHz base and 2460 MHz boost, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). These specifications translate to 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 118.1 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 236.2 GTexel/s texture rate. In the context of Inside, the RTX 4060’s 8 GB VRAM is more than adequate, as even at 4K Ultra settings, the game does not appear to exceed this capacity based on the measured frame rates. The GPU’s 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs handle the game’s 2D side-scrolling rendering with ease. The benchmark data shows that the GPU is the primary scaling factor when moving between settings: at 1080p, dropping from Ultra to Low increases FPS from 159 to 333, a 109% improvement. This indicates that the RTX 4060’s compute resources are the bottleneck at higher presets, not the CPU. The GPU’s percentile ranking against all GPUs is 61, with an average benchmark score of 17639. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (deltaPct -0.2), AMD Radeon 780M (deltaPct 0.3), AMD Radeon Pro 560 (deltaPct 0.5), and AMD Radeon Pro 460 (deltaPct 0.7). These rival comparisons show that the RTX 4060 sits in a narrow performance band, but in Inside, its capabilities are more than sufficient, as evidenced by the 4K Medium result of 120 FPS. The GPU’s 115 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest it operates within modest power envelopes, but the measured FPS data is the definitive proof of its adequacy for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo scales across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 266 at 1080p to 192 at 1440p (a 28% reduction) and then to 120 at 4K (a 55% reduction from 1080p). This scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 4060 is the limiting component as resolution increases, because the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, while the FPS only drops by roughly half. For High settings, the progression is 167 FPS at 1080p, 120 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop), and 75 FPS at 4K (a 55% drop). Ultra settings follow a similar trend: 159 FPS at 1080p, 114 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop), and 72 FPS at 4K (a 55% drop). The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings strongly suggests that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints at higher resolutions. The RTX 4060’s 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 118.1 GPixel/s pixel rate are being taxed more heavily as resolution increases. Interestingly, Low settings show a different pattern: 333 FPS at 1080p, 239 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop), and 150 FPS at 4K (a 55% drop). The same relative drops confirm that the GPU’s role remains dominant regardless of preset. The CPU’s influence is minimal, as evidenced by the fact that even at 1080p Low, the FPS reaches 333, which is well below the CPU’s theoretical maximum. The data shows that the RTX 4060 is the limiting component, as the FPS scales inversely with pixel count in a predictable manner. For users targeting 4K, the 75 FPS at High and 72 FPS at Ultra are playable but not ideal for high-refresh displays. Medium at 4K, with its 120 FPS average and 102 FPS minimum, is the only setting that fully utilizes the resolution without compromising smoothness. At 1440p, all presets except Low exceed 114 FPS, making this resolution the sweet spot for this GPU, as it balances the visual fidelity of higher settings with the frame rate headroom for 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitors.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested hardware combinations for Inside, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 1863 out of 3716 total combos. This places it in the 50th percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms half of the configurations in the database. The rank of 1863 is notable because Inside is a lightweight game, and many high-end combos will achieve similar frame rates, compressing the ranking. The combo’s performance is capped by the RTX 4060, as the Ryzen 5 7600’s computational power is not fully utilized in this title. The CPU’s percentile ranking against all CPUs is 78, with an average benchmark score of 26324, while the GPU’s percentile is 61 with an average score of 17639. This disparity suggests that the GPU is the weaker component in this pairing, which aligns with the resolution scaling analysis. The combo’s rank of 1863 means that 1852 other combinations deliver higher FPS in Inside, but given the game’s modest requirements, the actual FPS differences may be small. For context, the CPU’s nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (avgScore 26274, deltaPct 0.2), AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (avgScore 26402, deltaPct -0.3), Intel Core i9-11900KF (avgScore 26212, deltaPct 0.4), and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (avgScore 26187, deltaPct 0.5). These rivals all score within 0.5% of the Ryzen 5 7600, indicating that the CPU is not a differentiating factor in this game. The GPU’s nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (avgScore 17666, deltaPct -0.2), AMD Radeon 780M (avgScore 17588, deltaPct 0.3), AMD Radeon Pro 560 (avgScore 17551, deltaPct 0.5), and AMD Radeon Pro 460 (avgScore 17509, deltaPct 0.7). These rivals are all older or integrated solutions, yet they perform within 0.7% of the RTX 4060 in synthetic benchmarks, which highlights how the GPU’s modern architecture may not translate to a significant advantage in a game like Inside. The combo rank of 1863 out of 3716 suggests that while this system is not at the top of the leaderboard, it sits comfortably in the middle, with enough performance to deliver excellent frame rates at all settings. The data indicates that upgrading either component would yield diminishing returns in this specific title, as the game’s low graphical demands mean that even mid-range hardware can achieve high FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael, manufactured on TSMC’s 5 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration, providing 83.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth. In Inside, the CPU’s role is minimal, as the game is not computationally intensive. The measured FPS at 1080p Low reaches 333 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s frame rate cap or the CPU’s limit for draw calls. The Ryzen 5 7600’s single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 999, Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1852, and Geekbench single-core score of 2521. These scores place it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26324. The CPU’s multi-threaded capabilities are equally robust, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 12735 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 13413, but Inside does not utilize more than a few threads. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1938 and 4-thread score of 3686 indicate that the CPU has ample headroom for the game’s single-threaded rendering. The L3 cache of 32 MB is sufficient for the game’s asset streaming, and the 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth ensures that the GPU never starves for data. In practical terms, the CPU is not the bottleneck in any of the measured configurations. The FPS differences between presets are entirely attributable to the GPU, as the CPU’s performance remains constant. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i9-11900KF (deltaPct 0.4) and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (deltaPct 0.2), all show similar synthetic scores, meaning that swapping the CPU would not change Inside’s performance. The 6-core, 12-thread configuration is overkill for this game, but it ensures that background processes and future titles will not cause frame drops. The boost clock of 5.10 GHz provides fast single-thread execution, which is the most relevant metric for Inside’s update loop. Overall, the CPU’s role is to provide a stable foundation, and the data confirms that it exceeds the game’s requirements by a wide margin.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for this combo covers three resolutions and four settings, providing a comprehensive picture of performance. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers a 333 FPS average, which is the highest recorded for this combo. Medium at 1080p produces a 266 FPS average with a 226 FPS minimum and 306 FPS maximum, showing a tight frame delivery window. High at 1080p drops to 167 FPS average, while Ultra yields 159 FPS average. The 1080p results show a 109% difference between Low and Ultra, demonstrating the GPU’s sensitivity to graphical settings. Moving to 2560x1440, Low achieves 239 FPS average, which is a 28% reduction from 1080p Low. Medium at 1440p produces 192 FPS average with a 163 FPS minimum and 220 FPS maximum, maintaining a smooth experience. High at 1440p delivers 120 FPS average, while Ultra produces 114 FPS average. The 1440p results show a 110% difference between Low and Ultra, similar to 1080p. At 3840x2160, Low reaches 150 FPS average, which is a 55% reduction from 1080p Low. Medium at 4K delivers 120 FPS average with a 102 FPS minimum and 138 FPS maximum, making it the most demanding setting that still maintains a triple-digit average. High at 4K drops to 75 FPS average, while Ultra produces 72 FPS average. The 4K results show a 108% difference between Low and Ultra, consistent with the other resolutions. Notably, only the Medium settings at all three resolutions have recorded minimum and maximum FPS values. This suggests that the Medium preset offers the most stable frame delivery, as the data captures the full range of performance. The Low, High, and Ultra presets lack minimum and maximum FPS data, which could indicate either consistent performance or unrecorded variability. The FPS scaling from 1080p to 1440p is consistently around 28% across all settings, and from 1440p to 4K is consistently around 37% (e.g., Medium: 192 to 120, a 37.5% drop). This predictable scaling confirms the GPU-bound nature of the workload. The highest average FPS recorded is 333 at 1080p Low, while the lowest is 72 at 4K Ultra. The minimum FPS across all measured data is 102 at 4K Medium, ensuring that no frame drops below 100 FPS in any scenario where minimum data is available. For users seeking the highest possible frame rates, 1080p Low offers 333 FPS, but for a balanced experience, 1440p Medium at 192 FPS or 4K Medium at 120 FPS are the recommended configurations based on the measured data.