Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer that appears to scale gracefully across resolutions and settings. The measured frame rates indicate that this combination is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides ample headroom to push frame rates to very high levels at 1080p. The data set for this pairing shows a clear progression from elite-level esports performance at 1080p down to still-excellent 4K gameplay, with the title’s modest graphical demands allowing the RX 6800 XT to flex its computational muscle.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K in Inside is substantial but follows a predictable curve, revealing that the Radeon RX 6800 XT is the primary limiting component as pixel count increases. At Ultra settings, the average frame rate falls from 185.7 FPS at 1920x1080 to 148.8 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of approximately 20%, and then further down to 90.3 FPS at 3840x2160, which represents a 51% decline from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario where the increased pixel throughput at 4K doubles the shading and rasterization workload, even for a title as visually straightforward as Inside.

The gap between 1440p and 4K is particularly pronounced, with Ultra settings losing 58.5 FPS when moving from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160. This steep drop-off indicates that the RX 6800 XT’s 512.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 20.74 TFLOPS FP32 compute are being taxed heavily by the 4K resolution, despite the game’s relatively simple geometry and lighting. At Low settings, the scaling is even more dramatic: 245.7 FPS at 1080p slips to 218.8 FPS at 1440p, then plunges to 186.4 FPS at 4K. The fact that Low settings at 4K still outpace Ultra settings at 1080p by a single frame (186.4 vs 185.7) suggests that the GPU’s raw compute headroom is enormous, but the memory subsystem and pixel fill rate become bottlenecks at higher resolutions.

The Ryzen 7 3700X’s role in this scaling is minimal; with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz and a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 19087, the processor has ample single-thread performance to feed the GPU at every resolution tested. The data shows that frame rates are primarily dictated by resolution and settings, not CPU throughput, as even the most demanding 4K Ultra config still exceeds 90 FPS, which is far above the 60 FPS threshold where CPU limitations typically manifest in lighter titles.

Settings Recommendations

For players seeking the optimal balance between visual fidelity and frame rate, the High preset emerges as the most sensible choice across all three resolutions, based on the measured FPS rows. At 1920x1080, High settings deliver 189.4 FPS, which is nearly identical to the 185.7 FPS seen at Ultra, yet the gap between these presets widens significantly at higher resolutions. At 2560x1440, High produces 156.1 FPS while Ultra drops to 148.8 FPS, and at 3840x2160 the difference becomes more pronounced with High at 94.2 FPS versus Ultra at 90.3 FPS.

The Medium preset offers a compelling alternative for 4K users, reaching 156.2 FPS at 3840x2160, which is roughly 66% faster than High at the same resolution. However, the visual trade-off between Medium and High in a puzzle platformer like Inside is likely minimal, making High the better recommendation for image quality purists. Low settings at 1080p push frame rates to 245.7 FPS, which might appeal to competitive players with 240Hz displays, but the incremental gain over High (56.3 FPS) is marginal relative to the visual degradation.

The Ultra preset, while offering the highest fidelity, shows diminishing returns: 185.7 FPS at 1080p is only 3.7 FPS slower than High, but at 4K the 90.3 FPS result is the only configuration that dips below the 94.2 FPS High setting. Given that the game is a slow-paced puzzle platformer, the difference between 90 and 94 FPS is imperceptible, so users should either pick High for consistency or Medium for higher refresh rates at 4K without sacrificing too much detail.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT holds the 758th position out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all hardware configurations. This ranking is somewhat surprising given the high absolute frame rates, but it reflects the fact that Inside is an older title with modest requirements, meaning even mid-range modern hardware can achieve triple-digit FPS, compressing the competitive field.

The CPU’s individual percentile ranking of 85 against all processors, with an average benchmark score of 28631, shows it sits slightly below the Intel Core i5-12600, which scores 28654 with a -0.1% delta. Similarly, the RX 6800 XT’s percentile of 87 among all GPUs, with an average score of 49982, places it just 0.5% above the Intel Arc A550M (49737) and 1.7% below the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (50826). These synthetic benchmarks suggest that while this combo is far from the top of the database, it substantially outperforms the majority of tested systems in raw compute, even if the game itself does not fully utilize that potential.

The discrepancy between the combo’s mid-pack rank and its high measured FPS indicates that many other combinations in the database achieve similar or higher frame rates due to superior single-thread performance or newer GPU architectures. However, for any practical gaming scenario, the 758th rank is misleading, as the data shows this setup delivers well over 90 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is a level of performance that would satisfy the vast majority of players.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of how this combination performs across all settings and resolutions. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are exceptional: Low settings hit 245.7 FPS, Medium reaches 223.9 FPS, High delivers 189.4 FPS, and Ultra still manages 185.7 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 60 FPS, indicating that the CPU and GPU have enough headroom to maintain high frame rates regardless of visual complexity.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains robust but shows more differentiation between presets. Low settings produce 218.8 FPS, Medium achieves 202.2 FPS, High holds at 156.1 FPS, and Ultra drops to 148.8 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is 16.6 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 46.1 FPS, highlighting that the High preset introduces significantly more rendering work than Medium.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more stratified. Low settings yield 186.4 FPS, Medium reaches 156.2 FPS, High drops to 94.2 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 90.3 FPS. The most notable observation is the 62 FPS gap between Medium and High at 4K, which contrasts with only a 20 FPS difference at 1080p, demonstrating that the High preset’s additional effects (likely shadows and post-processing) scale disproportionately with pixel count.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is the dominant component in this pairing for Inside, with its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256-bit memory bus providing 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s clocks are set at a base of 1825 MHz, a game clock of 2015 MHz, and a boost of 2250 MHz, and the data suggests that the boost clock is frequently reached, given the high frame rates observed even at 4K. The RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on TSMC’s 7 nm process with 26,800 million transistors, delivers 20.74 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which is more than sufficient for a title with the visual complexity of Inside.

The GPU’s 128 ROPs and 288 TMUs contribute to a pixel rate of 288.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 648.0 GTexel/s, which explains why the card can maintain such high frame rates at 4K Low settings (186.4 FPS) without breaking a sweat. The VRAM capacity is unlikely to be a limiting factor, as Inside is a lightweight title, but the 16 GB allocation ensures there are no memory-related stutters even at 4K Ultra. The GPU’s Passmark G3D score of 24980 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3689 place it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A550M, trails by a mere 0.5%, confirming that this card sits at the upper echelon of graphics hardware.