Inside

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. The data shows a system that utterly dominates this title, with frame rates that remain fluid even at maximum settings and 4K resolution. This analysis breaks down the measured performance, contextualizes the results against other hardware, and answers key questions about the pairing's behavior.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the primary driver of the exceptional frame rates observed in Inside. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz, providing substantial raw compute throughput for this game's 2D side-scrolling visuals. Its memory subsystem is overkill for this title, but it ensures there are no bottlenecks: the card ships with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. Inside's modest texture and geometry demands mean that this bandwidth is never taxed, allowing the GPU to focus purely on rendering frames at maximum speed.

The RTX 4080 SUPER's architecture, Ada Lovelace, is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, containing 45,900 million transistors. The GPU's shading units (10240) and texture mapping units (320) are far more than Inside requires, making the game heavily limited by other factors, likely CPU draw-call throughput or engine-level frame pacing, especially at lower resolutions. The card's FP32 performance of 52.22 TFLOPS is more suited to modern AAA titles, but in Inside, that power translates into a massive headroom that manifests as hundreds of frames per second.

The GPU's performance percentile is 88, meaning it outperforms 88% of all GPUs in the benchmark database. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, has an average score of 53489, which is 0.2% lower, placing the RTX 4080 SUPER ahead. This context is crucial: it is a top-tier part, and the measured FPS in Inside reflects that standing, showing that the game is simply not a challenge for this hardware. The combination of high clocks, massive bandwidth, and a modern architecture ensures that the GPU is never the limiting factor in this specific title, regardless of the settings or resolution chosen.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The measured data provides a clear picture of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1080p, the system produces staggering frame rates. With Low settings, the average FPS is 376.6. Moving to Medium drops this to 347.7 FPS, while High settings yield 291.4 FPS. Ultra settings still produce an incredibly high 276.2 FPS average. The spread between Low and Ultra is 100.4 FPS, showing that while settings do matter, even the highest preset leaves massive performance on the table.

At 1440p, the results remain exceptional, though the scaling pattern changes. Low settings produce an average of 339.4 FPS. Medium settings are close behind at 311.1 FPS. High settings drop to 210.2 FPS, and Ultra settings settle at 201.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra here is 137.5 FPS, which is larger than at 1080p, indicating that the higher resolution begins to engage the GPU more, but it still operates far from its limits. The difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is only 8.3 FPS, suggesting that Ultra is not dramatically more demanding than High.

The 4K results are where the RTX 4080 SUPER starts to show a more traditional scaling curve, though still at very high levels. Low settings average 265.1 FPS. Medium settings drop to 209.5 FPS. High settings produce 133.5 FPS, and Ultra settings average 127.7 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra is 137.4 FPS, mirroring the 1440p delta. Interestingly, the gap between High and Ultra at 4K is only 5.8 FPS, even smaller than at lower resolutions. This indicates that the Ultra preset at 4K is not significantly more expensive than High, and the system maintains a playable, if not overkill, experience above 120 FPS in all configurations.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

*Q: What is the maximum average frame rate this combo achieves in Inside?*

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 376.6 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This represents the absolute ceiling for this pairing in the game, likely limited by CPU or engine overhead rather than GPU capabilities.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 53610, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT's score of 53489. It also leads the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (53414) by 0.4% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (52086) by 2.9%.

Q: Is the 4K Ultra experience smooth for a puzzle platformer?

A: Yes, the data indicates a 127.7 FPS average at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is far above the 60 FPS threshold and provides a very fluid experience, even for a game that requires precise timing and movement.

Q: What is the performance difference between High and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops from 210.2 on High to 201.9 on Ultra. This is a difference of only 8.3 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset adds minimal visual load over High in this title.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: The average FPS decreases from 347.7 at 1920x1080 to 209.5 at 3840x2160. This represents a loss of 138.2 FPS, or roughly a 40% reduction, which is expected as the GPU has to render four times as many pixels.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 70th out of 1671 tested combos for this game. This places it in the top 4.2% of all systems tested.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The FPS scaling across resolutions reveals a classic pattern of a CPU-bound system at lower resolutions transitioning to a more balanced load at 4K. At 1080p, the system is likely bottlenecked by the CPU's single-thread performance. The Ryzen 5 7600X has a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, and its single-thread benchmark score of 1060 in 3dmark is respectable. However, the FPS numbers suggest that the game engine cannot feed the GPU fast enough. For instance, moving from 1080p Low (376.6 FPS) to 1440p Low (339.4 FPS) only reduces performance by 37.2 FPS, a drop of about 10%. This small penalty for a 78% increase in pixel count strongly suggests the CPU is the primary limiter.

As resolution increases, the GPU load grows, and the bottleneck shifts. At 4K, the GPU is working harder, and the frame rate drop becomes more pronounced. From 1440p Low (339.4 FPS) to 4K Low (265.1 FPS), the drop is 74.3 FPS, or roughly 22%. This is a larger relative decline, indicating that the GPU is becoming a more significant factor. However, the absolute numbers are still so high that the system is never truly GPU-bound in a way that compromises playability. The scaling data points to a system where the GPU has enough headroom to absorb resolution increases without significant frame rate penalties until 4K, where it finally starts to engage more fully.

The pattern is consistent across settings. At Ultra, the drop from 1080p (276.2 FPS) to 1440p (201.9 FPS) is 74.3 FPS, and then to 4K (127.7 FPS) is another 74.2 FPS. This almost linear decline from 1440p to 4K at Ultra settings indicates that at this preset, the GPU is the dominant limiting factor, as the CPU overhead is less of a constraint when the frame rate is lower. The data shows a system that is incredibly well-balanced for this game, with the CPU able to push high frame rates at lower resolutions and the GPU taking over as the resolution climbs, ensuring that the experience remains excellent at every setting.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination ranks 70th out of 1671 tested configurations in Inside. This places the system in the top 4.2% of all hardware pairings tested on this benchmark database. This high ranking is expected given the individual performance of both components: the CPU has an average benchmark score of 26272 and ranks in the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU has an average score of 53610 and sits in the 88th percentile among all GPUs.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database are the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (avg score 26262, 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U (avg score 26305, -0.1% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655GE (avg score 26320, -0.2% delta). This shows the 7600X is essentially tied with these parts in average compute performance, though its desktop-class boost clocks and cache layout likely contribute to better gaming frame rates. The GPU's closest competitors are the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (0.2% slower), the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (0.4% slower), and the AMD Radeon RX 7700S (2.1% slower).

The rank of 70 suggests that while this is an elite configuration, there are 69 other combos that achieve even higher average FPS in Inside. These are likely systems with even more powerful CPUs (such as the 7000-series X3D parts) or newer GPUs that can overcome the CPU bottleneck at lower resolutions. However, the data shows that this combo is in the top tier of performance, and the measured FPS numbers confirm that it provides a flawless experience in this game, hitting frame rates that far exceed the refresh rate of most monitors. The combination's strength lies in its ability to maintain high FPS at 4K Ultra, a feat that many lower-ranked combos cannot achieve.