Inside

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Inside shows a classic pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases, though the magnitude of the drop is unusually steep due to the game's modest CPU demands. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB combination delivers 194.6 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 drops that to 140.4 FPS, a reduction of 54.2 FPS or roughly 28%. At 3840x2160, the average falls further to 84.7 FPS, which is 109.9 FPS below the 1080p result — a 56% decline from the baseline.

This scaling behavior indicates that the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB becomes the limiting component well before 4K. The CPU, a 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 part with a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, has ample headroom in a puzzle platformer where per-frame geometry and physics are light. The data confirms this: at Low settings, 1080p reaches 360.2 FPS, while 4K Low still manages 174.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at the same resolution is far larger than the gap between resolutions at the same setting, which points squarely at GPU rasterization throughput as the bottleneck.

The Ultra preset tells a similar story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo hits 183.8 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 134.8 FPS; at 4K Ultra, it bottoms out at 81.8 FPS. The 4K-to-1080p ratio for Ultra is 0.44, meaning 4K delivers less than half the frame rate of 1080p. This is consistent with a GPU that scales nearly linearly with pixel count, which is expected for a title with simple shading workloads. The RTX 4060 Ti's 8 GB frame buffer is not a limiting factor here, as even the most demanding preset at 4K stays well within memory capacity.

Interestingly, the Medium preset at 4K (138 FPS) outperforms the High preset at 1440p (140.4 FPS) by only 2.4 FPS, suggesting that the step from Medium to High carries a disproportionately large cost at higher resolutions. This is a useful insight for players targeting 1440p or 4K: the High preset's extra visual fidelity comes at a steep performance price relative to Medium, and the data shows that Medium at 1440p (219.6 FPS) is a far more comfortable operating point than High at 4K (84.7 FPS).

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Inside?*

A: The highest measured average FPS is 360.2, recorded at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only configuration that exceeds 360 FPS in the dataset.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average FPS is 81.8, while 1920x1080 Ultra averages 183.8. The 4K result is 102 FPS lower, representing a 55.5% reduction in frame rate.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the spread between Low (281.1 FPS) and Ultra (134.8 FPS) is 146.3 FPS, which is far larger than the spread between 1080p Low (360.2 FPS) and 1440p Low (281.1 FPS) of 79.1 FPS. This indicates the GPU is the primary limiter at 1440p, as settings changes have a much larger impact than resolution changes.

Q: What is the performance delta between the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and its closest rival in GPU benchmarks?

A: The nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M, which has an identical average benchmark score of 2913, yielding a deltaPct of 0. The RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB scores 2907, a 0.2% deficit, while the GT 650M scores 2893, a 0.7% deficit.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7600 compare to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in average CPU benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26617, while the Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 26574. This puts the 7600 ahead by 0.2%, a negligible margin in synthetic testing.

Q: Can this combo maintain 60+ FPS at 4K with any settings preset?

A: Yes. All four 4K presets exceed 60 FPS: Low averages 174.6, Medium averages 138, High averages 84.7, and Ultra averages 81.8. Even the most demanding configuration stays comfortably above 60 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process, with a die size of 188 mm² and 22,900 million transistors. Its base clock is 2310 MHz, boosting up to 2535 MHz, and it pairs 4352 shading units with 136 texture mapping units and 48 raster output pipelines. The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 across a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's FP32 throughput is 22.06 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate is 121.7 GPixel/s.

In Inside, the GPU's role is straightforward: the game's visual style relies on silhouettes, atmospheric lighting, and depth-of-field effects, none of which are particularly demanding on modern hardware. The measured FPS data confirms that the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB has substantial headroom at 1080p, where even Ultra settings produce 183.8 FPS. The GPU's 8 GB frame buffer is more than sufficient for this title, which does not exhibit any signs of memory pressure at 4K — the 4K Ultra result of 81.8 FPS is purely a rasterization limitation, not a capacity constraint.

The GPU's benchmark percentile ranking is 17, meaning it outperforms only 17% of all GPUs in the database's synthetic suite. Its average benchmark score of 2913 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 places it in a tight cluster with the GT 555M (2913, 0% delta), the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB (2907, 0.2% slower), and the GT 650M (2893, 0.7% slower). The GTX 860M is the only nearby rival that scores higher, at 2959, a 1.5% advantage. Despite the modest synthetic ranking, the Inside results show that this GPU is far from inadequate for this specific workload, as it handles even 4K Ultra with room to spare.

The clock behavior is worth noting. The boost clock of 2535 MHz is relatively high, and the GPU's thermal design power of 160 W suggests it can sustain these clocks under load without aggressive throttling. The memory clock of 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) provides the 288.0 GB/s bandwidth that, while narrow on paper, is sufficient for a game like Inside that does not rely on large texture fetches. The pixel rate of 121.7 GPixel/s aligns well with the observed 4K performance, where the GPU is filling pixels at a rate consistent with its fillrate specifications.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results across all presets. Low settings produce an average of 360.2 FPS, which is the highest figure in the entire dataset. Medium settings drop to 309.6 FPS, a 50.6 FPS reduction from Low. High settings yield 194.6 FPS, which is 115 FPS lower than Medium — a substantial step that indicates High introduces significantly heavier shading or post-processing. Ultra settings average 183.8 FPS, only 10.8 FPS below High, suggesting diminishing returns from the final preset tier.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern repeats with proportionally lower absolute numbers. Low averages 281.1 FPS, Medium averages 219.6 FPS, High averages 140.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 134.8 FPS. The delta between Medium and High at 1440p is 79.2 FPS, which is larger than the same delta at 1080p (115 FPS) when expressed in absolute terms, but smaller as a percentage. The High-to-Ultra gap at 1440p is just 5.6 FPS, indicating that Ultra adds very little over High at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limits become evident. Low averages 174.6 FPS, Medium averages 138 FPS, High averages 84.7 FPS, and Ultra averages 81.8 FPS. The Medium-to-High jump at 4K costs 53.3 FPS, which is the largest single-preset penalty across all resolutions. Interestingly, the Low-to-Medium delta at 4K (36.6 FPS) is smaller than the equivalent delta at 1080p (50.6 FPS), indicating that the GPU's fillrate becomes a bottleneck that compresses the performance range at higher resolutions.

Across the twelve measured configurations, the highest average is 360.2 FPS (1080p Low) and the lowest is 81.8 FPS (4K Ultra). The full spread between these extremes is 278.4 FPS. For players seeking a 144 FPS experience, the viable options include 1080p Ultra (183.8 FPS), 1440p High (140.4 FPS — slightly below 144), and 4K Medium (138 FPS). For a 60 FPS target, every configuration in the dataset qualifies, with the lowest result still 21.8 FPS above the threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB combination ranks 596th out of 1671 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the 64th percentile of all configurations in the database. This means roughly 36% of tested combos perform better, while the vast majority of systems trail this pairing.

The ranking is somewhat surprising given the GPU's low synthetic percentile (17th) and the CPU's middling 83rd percentile. The combination outperforms its component-level expectations, which suggests that Inside is a title where the CPU's single-thread strength (3DMark single-thread score of 999, PassMark single-thread score of 3910) matters less than the GPU's raw fillrate. The 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 7600, with its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22992, has more than enough compute for this game's physics and logic, allowing the GPU to operate at its full potential.

Compared to the CPU's nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 7600 edges out the Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 0.2% in average benchmark score (26617 vs 26574), trails the Intel Core i9-12900HK by 0.2% (26672), and leads the AMD EPYC 8024P by 0.2% (26555) and the Intel Core i9-11900K by 0.3% (26546). These margins are negligible in real-world gaming, and the Inside results reflect this — the combo's rank is driven more by the GPU than the CPU.

The GPU's nearest rivals in synthetic testing (GT 555M, RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB, GT 650M, GTX 860M) are all within 1.5% of its score, yet the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB's actual gaming performance in Inside is far ahead of what those scores might suggest. This discrepancy highlights the importance of game-specific testing over generic benchmarks. The 596th rank out of 1671 combos places this system in the upper-middle tier of the database, which is a strong result for a setup that pairs a mainstream 6-core CPU with a mid-range GPU. For a game released in 2016, this modern hardware combination delivers exceptional headroom, with no configuration in the dataset falling below 81.8 FPS.