Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX delivers exceptional frame rates in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer, with the data showing this combination ranks 324th out of 3,716 tested combos, placing it in the top 9% of all systems. Across all resolutions and settings, the measured average FPS never drops below 115, and at the most demanding preset (4K Ultra) the system still produces 115 FPS, indicating that this hardware is far beyond the requirements for smooth gameplay. The combination of a 6-core Zen 4 processor with a 24 GB RDNA 3 graphics card creates a system where the GPU is the primary bottleneck only at 4K Ultra, while at lower resolutions, the CPU’s single-thread strength becomes more relevant, though both components are so powerful that the game runs at hundreds of frames per second in most configurations.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this CPU-GPU combo in Inside?*

A: The highest measured average FPS is 378, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. The same resolution at Medium settings yields 349 FPS, and at High settings the average drops to 268 FPS, while Ultra settings produce 255 FPS.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution across different quality presets?

A: At 3840x2160, the system delivers 121 FPS on High settings, 242 FPS on Low, 194 FPS on Medium (with a minimum of 165 FPS and maximum of 223 FPS), and 115 FPS on Ultra. This means even the heaviest preset at 4K maintains an average above 100 FPS.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 7600X bottleneck the RX 7900 XTX in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate no significant bottleneck at any tested setting. At 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 378, which is 36% higher than the 4K Low average of 242 FPS, showing that resolution scaling is present but that the CPU can push very high frame rates. The CPU’s single-thread score of 1,960 in Cinebench R23 and 1,060 in 3DMark single-thread suggest ample headroom for this title.

Q: What is the best measured FPS at 2560x1440 resolution?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 339 FPS, Medium produces 308 FPS (with a minimum of 262 and maximum of 355), High yields 193 FPS, and Ultra reaches 184 FPS. The Medium preset offers the best balance of high average and documented frame stability.

Q: How does the RX 7900 XTX compare to its nearest rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The RX 7900 XTX has an average benchmark score of 19,410, which places it 0.4% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (19,334), 1% below the NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (19,602), 1.2% below the AMD FirePro D300 (19,637), and 1.2% above the NVIDIA TITAN Xp (19,177). The GPU’s percentile versus all GPUs is 64.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7600X’s performance competitive with similar CPUs?

A: The CPU has an average benchmark score of 27,636, which is 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (27,578) and the Intel Core i5-12600K (27,578), 0.3% below the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27,712), and 0.4% above the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27,535). It ranks in the 79th percentile versus all CPUs.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear hierarchy of performance across presets, and the optimal choice depends on whether the user prioritizes maximum frame rate or maximum visual fidelity. For users with a 1080p display, the High preset at 268 FPS is the recommended setting because it provides a very high refresh rate experience while still using a moderate quality level, and the jump from High to Ultra only reduces the average from 268 to 255 FPS, a 5% difference. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset stands out as the best experience because it delivers 308 FPS with documented frame ranges (minimum 262, maximum 355), whereas High drops to 193 FPS and Ultra to 184 FPS; the Medium preset’s average is 60% higher than High, and it includes the only min/max data at this resolution, suggesting better frame pacing information. For 4K displays, the High preset at 121 FPS is the most sensible recommendation, as it is 6% faster than Ultra (115 FPS) but significantly slower than Medium (194 FPS) and Low (242 FPS); however, the Medium preset at 4K also has min/max data (165 to 223 FPS), making it viable for high-refresh 4K monitors. If the user has a 120 Hz 4K display, the Medium preset’s 194 FPS average exceeds that refresh rate, while High and Ultra fall below it, so Medium is the correct choice for 4K at 120 Hz. At 1080p, the Low preset’s 378 FPS is only useful for extreme competitive scenarios, but the Medium preset’s 349 FPS with a minimum of 297 FPS is nearly as fast and offers better quality; therefore, Medium is the best overall 1080p setting, as it maintains a minimum above 290 FPS. Across all resolutions, the Ultra preset consistently produces the lowest average FPS (255 at 1080p, 184 at 1440p, 115 at 4K), but it never falls below 100 FPS, so it remains playable for users who prioritize image quality over raw speed. The data suggests that the Medium preset provides the best balance of high average FPS and documented stability, as it is the only preset at each resolution that includes min and max FPS values, allowing for a more complete assessment of frame delivery.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series, built on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael) using a 5 nm process from TSMC, with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. For a puzzle platformer like Inside, the game’s relatively simple mechanics and 2D side-scrolling presentation mean that single-thread performance is more critical than multi-core scaling, and the CPU’s benchmark scores reflect strong single-thread capability: a 3DMark single-thread score of 1,060, a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1,965, and a Geekbench single-core score of 2,603. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 378, which is the highest recorded value in the dataset, indicating that the CPU can feed the GPU with enough frames to reach this level; however, the fact that 4K Low produces 242 FPS (36% lower) suggests that resolution scaling is happening, meaning the GPU becomes more involved at higher resolutions. In contrast, at 1080p Medium, the average FPS is 349, and at 1080p High it drops to 268, showing that the CPU handles the game’s logic without issue even when the GPU is under less load. The CPU’s cache configuration includes 32 MB of shared L3 cache, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 64 KB of L1 per core, which is ample for a game with limited asset streaming requirements. The processor supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and a bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, and its PCIe Gen 5 interface with 24 CPU lanes provides high bandwidth to the GPU, though the RX 7900 XTX uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The CPU’s multi-threaded scores, such as 15,236 in Cinebench R23 and 13,858 in Geekbench multicore, are strong but not the primary driver of performance in this title; the data shows that even the weakest multi-core scenario (2 threads in 3DMark at 2,028) would be sufficient for a game like Inside. The Ryzen 5 7600X has a TDP of 105 W, uses the AMD Socket AM5, and was released on 2022-09-26, with a launch MSRP of $299. Its nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i5-12600K, both with an average score of 27,578, which is 0.2% lower than the 7600X’s 27,636; the data indicates this CPU is positioned at the 79th percentile versus all CPUs. The boost clock of 5.30 GHz is the highest frequency available, and the fact that 1080p Low achieves 378 FPS while 1080p Ultra achieves 255 FPS (a 33% drop) suggests that the CPU can maintain high frame rates but that the GPU’s rendering load at Ultra settings limits the final number.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is ranked 324th out of 3,716 tested combos in Inside, which places it in the top 8.7% of all systems tested for this game. This ranking reflects the overall performance across all measured resolutions and settings, and given that the game is a lightweight puzzle platformer, the high ranking is expected because even mid-range hardware can achieve high FPS; however, the data shows that this combo is among the top 10% of all configurations. The combo’s rank of 324 out of 3,716 means that 3,392 other combos performed worse, while only 323 performed better, indicating that this system is in the upper echelon of gaming performance for this title. The CPU alone ranks in the 79th percentile versus all CPUs, and the GPU ranks in the 64th percentile versus all GPUs, but the combo’s relative rank (top 9%) is higher than either component’s individual percentile, suggesting that the pairing is synergistic for this game. The measured FPS data supports this high ranking: at 4K Ultra, the average is 115 FPS, which is above the 100 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, and at 1080p Low, the average of 378 FPS is more than triple that. The nearest rival CPUs (Ryzen 7 5700X, Core i5-12600K, Ryzen 5 8500GE, Ryzen 7 5800) all have average benchmark scores within 0.4% of the 7600X, meaning that swapping the CPU for a rival would not significantly alter the combo’s rank in a game like Inside, where the GPU is more impactful at higher resolutions. The GPU’s nearest rivals (GTX 1060 3 GB, Quadro K5200, FirePro D300, TITAN Xp) have average scores within 1.2% of the RX 7900 XTX, but those rivals are much older or lower-tier cards, so the RX 7900 XTX’s actual gaming performance, as measured in the FPS data, is far beyond what those benchmark scores suggest. The combo’s rank of 324 is particularly notable because it is based on real measured FPS across 12 configurations, not synthetic benchmarks, and the data includes minimum and maximum FPS for Medium settings at each resolution. This rank indicates that users can expect a flawless experience in Inside, with no resolution or preset dropping below 115 FPS, which is likely why this combo ranks so high among the 3,716 tested combinations.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a RDNA 3.0 architecture GPU (codenamed Plum Bonito, chip Navi 31) built on a 5 nm TSMC process with 57,700 million transistors and a die size of 529 mm². It features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s, which is more than sufficient for a game with the visual complexity of Inside. The GPU’s clocks are a base of 1929 MHz, a boost of 2498 MHz, and a game clock of 2365 MHz, with a memory clock of 2500 MHz (20 Gbps effective), and these high clocks contribute to the measured FPS results. The GPU has 6,144 shading units, 384 texture mapping units, and 192 render output units, along with 96 ray tracing cores, though ray tracing is not a relevant feature for this 2D puzzle platformer. The measured FPS data shows that the GPU’s performance scales predictably with resolution: at Low settings, the average FPS drops from 378 (1080p) to 339 (1440p) to 242 (4K), representing a 36% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Ultra settings, the average FPS drops from 255 (1080p) to 184 (1440p) to 115 (4K), a 55% reduction from 1080p to 4K, which indicates that the GPU’s pixel throughput (rated at 479.6 GPixel/s) becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions and quality presets. The GPU’s texture rate is 959.2 GTexel/s, and its FP32 performance is 61.39 TFLOPS, both of which are far beyond what Inside requires, as evidenced by the high FPS at all settings. The GPU’s average benchmark score is 19,410, placing it in the 64th percentile versus all GPUs, and its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (19,334, 0.4% lower), NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (19,602, 1% higher), AMD FirePro D300 (19,637, 1.2% higher), and NVIDIA TITAN Xp (19,177, 1.2% lower); these rival scores are based on synthetic benchmarks, but the measured FPS in Inside shows that the RX 7900 XTX is capable of 378 FPS at 1080p Low, which is far beyond what any of those older cards could achieve. The GPU has a TDP of 355 W, uses two 8-pin power connectors, and has a suggested PSU of 750 W, with a launch MSRP of 999 USD. The 24 GB of VRAM is never a constraint in this game, as the minimum FPS data (when available) shows no signs of stuttering or memory-related drops; for example, at 4K Medium, the minimum FPS is 165, and at 1080p Medium, the minimum is 297, both of which are high. The GPU’s display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C, supporting high refresh rates at 4K, which aligns with the measured 4K Medium average of 194 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers 12 distinct configurations, with 4 settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) at 3 resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160), and all data points are measured, not estimated. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers the highest average FPS of 378, followed by Medium at 349 (with a minimum of 297 and maximum of 402), High at 268, and Ultra at 255; the difference between Low and Medium is 29 FPS, while the difference between High and Ultra is only 13 FPS, indicating diminishing returns at the top end. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 339 FPS, Medium averages 308 (minimum 262, maximum 355), High averages 193, and Ultra averages 184; the gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 9 FPS, while the gap between Low and Medium is 31 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 242 FPS, Medium averages 194 (minimum 165, maximum 223), High averages 121, and Ultra averages 115; the drop from Medium to High is 73 FPS, which is the largest single-step reduction in the entire dataset, highlighting that the High preset at 4K introduces a significant rendering cost. The Medium preset is the only one that includes min and max FPS values at every resolution: at 1080p, the range is 297 to 402 (a 105 FPS spread), at 1440p, the range is 262 to 355 (a 93 FPS spread), and at 4K, the range is 165 to 223 (a 58 FPS spread). This data shows that as resolution increases, the frame time variance decreases, which is consistent with the GPU becoming more consistently utilized at higher resolutions. The Low preset has no min/max data, but the average FPS values (378, 339, 242) suggest that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p Low, as the 4K Low average is 36% lower than 1080p Low, while the GPU has more work at 4K. The Ultra preset also lacks min/max data, but the averages (255, 184, 115) show a consistent scaling pattern: each resolution step (1080p to 1440p) reduces FPS by 28%, and each step (1440p to 4K) reduces it by 38%, indicating that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are increasingly taxed. The High preset averages (268, 193, 121) show a similar pattern with a 28% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 37% drop from 1440p to 4K. Comparing the Low and Ultra presets at each resolution, the performance delta grows with resolution: at 1080p, Low is 48% faster than Ultra (378 vs 255), at 1440p, Low is 84% faster (339 vs 184), and at 4K, Low is 110% faster (242 vs 115). This indicates that the Ultra preset’s additional visual effects (likely including higher-resolution textures, more complex lighting, and post-processing) disproportionately impact the GPU at higher resolutions. The measured FPS data also shows that the system never falls below 115 FPS in any configuration, meaning that even the most demanding setting (4K Ultra) is playable on a 100 Hz display, and the 1080p Medium minimum of 297 FPS ensures compatibility with 240 Hz monitors. The combination of these 12 data points provides a comprehensive picture: the system is capable of 4K 120+ FPS on Medium settings, 1440p 300+ FPS on Medium, and 1080p 350+ FPS on Medium, making it a top-tier performer for this title.