Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT pairing delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer where frame pacing directly impacts the precision of movement-based puzzles. The measured data shows that this combination is capable of high refresh rates even at demanding resolutions, but the optimal settings balance visual fidelity against the game's need for consistent, high-speed rendering.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data reveals a clear hierarchy of performance across the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves an average of 165.9 FPS, which is already sufficient for high-refresh-rate monitors. However, the Medium preset jumps to 222.1 FPS, a substantial increase that provides additional headroom for 144Hz displays and ensures minimal frame time variance. The Low preset reaches 242.6 FPS, but the visual degradation in a game with atmospheric lighting and shadow work is not worth the extra frames when Medium is available.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset stands out as the sweet spot. It delivers 202.1 FPS, which is more than enough for any current display technology. The High preset at this resolution drops to 124.4 FPS, and while still playable, it represents a significant performance reduction for marginal visual gains. The Ultra preset at 2560x1440 yields 123.3 FPS, nearly identical to High, suggesting the additional settings in Ultra have diminishing returns on this hardware.

The 3840x2160 results are where the combination begins to show its limits. The Medium preset manages 125.8 FPS, which is excellent for 4K, but the High preset falls to 79.1 FPS. This is below the threshold for smooth 90Hz operation and indicates that High settings at 4K are overly demanding. The Low preset at 4K produces 159.9 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU has ample headroom when the workload is reduced. For the best overall experience, Medium at 2560x1440 offers the ideal compromise between visual quality and performance, while users with 4K displays should strongly consider Medium settings to maintain a consistent high frame rate.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is the primary driver of Inside's performance, and its specifications reveal why the measured frame rates scale the way they do. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is more than sufficient for Inside's art style, which relies on high-resolution textures and lighting effects rather than massive memory footprints. The generous memory capacity ensures that even at 3840x2160, there is no risk of texture thrashing or stutter from memory pressure.

The clock speeds are notably high for this class of hardware. The base clock is 2150 MHz, with a game clock of 2495 MHz and a boost clock of 2600 MHz. These aggressive clocks, combined with the 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs, give the card a pixel rate of 166.4 GPixel/s. This explains why the 4K Low preset achieves 159.9 FPS: the fill rate is sufficient to handle the resolution when the shader workload is reduced. The texture rate of 416.0 GTexel/s and FP32 throughput of 13.31 TFLOPS further support the idea that the GPU is well-balanced for this title's rendering demands.

The 40 ray accelerators are present but unused in Inside, as the game does not implement ray-traced effects. This means the GPU's raw rasterization performance is what matters here, and the data confirms it excels. The transition from Medium to High at 4K causes a 46.7 FPS drop, from 125.8 to 79.1 FPS, highlighting that High preset likely enables expensive post-processing or shadow techniques that disproportionately impact the GPU. At 1080p, the same transition only costs 45.3 FPS (222.1 to 176.8 FPS), showing the load is more evenly distributed at lower resolutions.

FAQ

Q: Can this combination maintain 60 FPS at 4K with maximum settings?

A: No. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 delivers an average of 77.5 FPS, which is above 60 but not by a massive margin. The High preset at 4K produces 79.1 FPS, indicating that either preset can hold above 60 FPS, but the Medium preset at 125.8 FPS offers far more stability.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 1440p on the Medium preset?

A: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 averages 222.1 FPS, while the same preset at 2560x1440 averages 202.1 FPS. The difference is 20 FPS, or roughly 9%, showing that the GPU scales well across these two resolutions.

Q: Is the Ultra preset worth using at any resolution?

A: The data suggests it is not. At 1080p, Ultra yields 165.9 FPS compared to Medium's 222.1 FPS, a 56.2 FPS penalty. At 1440p, Ultra gives 123.3 FPS versus Medium's 202.1 FPS, a 78.8 FPS penalty. The visual uplift does not justify the performance loss.

Q: How does the GPU's memory bandwidth affect performance in this game?

A: With 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth, the RX 6750 XT has ample throughput for Inside. The 12 GB frame buffer is never a bottleneck, even at 4K, so the frame rate differences between presets are driven by shader and ROP workload rather than memory constraints.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU in this title?

A: No. The Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores and 16 threads is more than capable of feeding the GPU. The measured frame rates at 1080p Low (242.6 FPS) are likely near the game engine's limit, and the CPU's single-thread score of 2694 in Cinebench R23 supports that it can keep up with the GPU's output.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is ranked 930 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the 55.7th percentile of all tested configurations, meaning it outperforms the majority of systems but is not in the upper echelon. The ranking reflects that while the GPU is strong, the CPU is a previous-generation part that limits the overall score relative to newer platforms.

The GPU itself ranks in the 79th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35327. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, scores 35787, a delta of -1.3%, meaning the RX 6750 XT is only slightly behind a much more expensive card. The CPU ranks in the 85th percentile among all CPUs, with an average score of 28631. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12600, scores 28654, a delta of -0.1%, showing the two are effectively tied in synthetic benchmarks.

The discrepancy between the individual component percentiles (85th CPU, 79th GPU) and the combined rank (930th) suggests that the pairing is not perfectly optimized for Inside. The game is likely more GPU-bound, and the CPU's strong synthetic scores do not translate into a top-tier combo rank because the GPU's performance is the limiting factor at higher settings. The 930th rank out of 1671 combos indicates a solid mid-pack performer that will handle the game comfortably, but it is not a leaderboard-topping configuration.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, built on the Zen 2 architecture with a 7 nm process, provides the computational foundation for this system. Its 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Inside, which is not a heavily threaded title. The base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz ensure that the CPU can deliver strong single-thread performance when needed, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2694.

The CPU's cache hierarchy, with 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3, is well-suited to the game's streaming requirements. The 32 MB L3 cache helps keep frequently accessed assets close to the cores, reducing memory latency. The dual-channel DDR4 memory support, with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, is adequate for feeding the GPU with draw calls and game state data.

In Inside, the CPU's role is to maintain a steady frame delivery, particularly at lower resolutions where the GPU can produce very high frame rates. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 242.6 FPS, which is likely close to the engine's physics and gameplay simulation limit. The CPU's PassMark multi-thread score of 22458 and single-thread score of 2656 indicate it has enough headroom to avoid becoming a bottleneck even in the most demanding scenes. The data shows that as resolution increases, the frame rates drop consistently, which is the expected pattern for a GPU-bound scenario. The CPU's 85th percentile ranking versus all CPUs confirms it is a capable partner, but it does not push the combo into the top ranks because the GPU is the limiting factor at the higher settings where the combo's rank is determined.