Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT delivers a performance profile in Inside that is heavily dictated by resolution and preset selection, with the data revealing a system that scales efficiently from high-refresh 1080p gaming to smooth 4K experiences. The measured frame rates show a clear hierarchy where the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor as resolution increases, while the CPU's strong multi-threaded capabilities ensure that even the most demanding settings remain fluid.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K produces a dramatic and predictable drop in average frame rates, illustrating the growing burden on the Radeon RX 7800 XT. At the High preset, the system delivers 205.7 FPS at 1920x1080, which falls to 148.1 FPS at 2560x1440—a 28% reduction—and then settles at 93.1 FPS at 3840x2160, representing a 55% decline from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern indicates that while the Ryzen 7 5700X has ample headroom at lower resolutions, the RX 7800 XT's rendering pipeline is progressively saturated as pixel count quadruples.

The Low preset shows even more pronounced scaling behavior. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 311.5 FPS, but this drops to 279.9 FPS at 2560x1440 and further to 185.3 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K delta here is 40.5%, which is smaller than the High preset's 55% drop, suggesting that at Low settings the CPU is more involved in sustaining frame rates, and the GPU's workload scales more predictably. The Medium preset follows a similar trajectory: 286.2 FPS at 1080p, 238 FPS at 1440p, and 147.1 FPS at 4K, with a 49% reduction from the lowest to highest resolution.

Ultra settings present the steepest scaling curve. The system manages 198.1 FPS at 1080p, 140.2 FPS at 1440p, and just 87.5 FPS at 4K—a 56% drop from 1080p to 4K. This indicates that at Ultra, the combination of higher shading complexity and increased resolution pushes the GPU near its limits, while the CPU continues to keep pace. The data across all presets confirms that at 1080p the Ryzen 7 5700X is the less strained component, but by 4K the RX 7800 XT is clearly the bottleneck, as frame rates converge toward the 90 FPS range regardless of preset.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 7800 XT's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 624.1 GB/s bandwidth provides substantial headroom for Inside's visual assets, even at 4K Ultra where memory pressure would typically be highest. The GPU's boost clock of 2430 MHz and game clock of 2124 MHz allow it to maintain high utilization across all tested configurations, though the measured results show that its raw throughput becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The card's 3840 shading units and 96 ROPs are well-suited to the game's 2D side-scrolling puzzle-platformer rendering, which relies more on fill-rate and pixel throughput than complex geometry.

The performance gap between Low and Ultra settings at each resolution highlights the GPU's architectural strengths. At 4K, the jump from Low (185.3 FPS) to Ultra (87.5 FPS) represents a 52.8% performance penalty, which is consistent with the increased pixel shading and post-processing demands. The 60 ray accelerators on the RX 7800 XT do not appear to be heavily taxed by Inside, given the game's release date of 2016-07-06 and its lack of ray-traced effects, but the card's 37.32 TFLOPS of FP32 compute ensures that traditional rasterization workloads are handled with ease.

The GPU's 76th percentile ranking among all tested GPUs, based on an average benchmark score of 32619, places it in the upper echelon of graphics cards, though its nearest rivals—the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (0.2% ahead) and NVIDIA P104-100 (0.4% behind)—show that its synthetic lead is narrow. In Inside, this translates to frame rates that are consistently above 60 FPS even at the most demanding settings, with the card's power delivery via 2x 8-pin connectors and 263 W TDP ensuring stable operation throughout the benchmark runs.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of 1671 tested processor-and-GPU combinations for Inside, this pairing of Ryzen 7 5700X and Radeon RX 7800 XT secures the 575th position, placing it in the top 34.4% of all configurations. This ranking reflects a balanced system where neither component dramatically outclasses the other, but where the GPU's mid-to-high-end positioning is slightly tempered by the CPU's older Zen 3 architecture. The Ryzen 7 5700X itself holds an 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26214, while its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-11900KF (0.1% ahead) and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (0.2% behind), indicating that its computational capabilities are very much in line with modern mid-range offerings.

The combo's rank of 575 out of 1671 suggests that there are 574 combinations that deliver higher average frame rates in Inside, likely featuring newer GPUs or more powerful CPUs. However, the 5700X's 8 cores and 16 threads, boosted by 32 MB of shared L3 cache, provide sufficient multi-threading for the game's physics and logic systems, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22620. The pairing with the RX 7800 XT, which sits at the 76th percentile among GPUs, creates a system that outperforms the vast majority of tested combos, even if it does not crack the top 500. The delta between this combo and the best-performing ones is primarily attributable to GPU compute, as the CPU's 3.40 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clocks are more than adequate for a game of Inside's scope.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all three resolutions, providing a significant frame rate uplift over High and Ultra without sacrificing visual fidelity to the extent of Low. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 286.2 FPS, which is 39.2% higher than High's 205.7 FPS and only 8.1% lower than Low's 311.5 FPS. This makes Medium the optimal choice for players with high-refresh monitors, as it comfortably exceeds 240 Hz thresholds while retaining richer visual detail than the bare-bones Low preset. At 2560x1440, Medium's 238 FPS is 60.7% higher than Ultra's 140.2 FPS, and at 4K it maintains 147.1 FPS, which is 58.1% higher than Ultra's 87.5 FPS.

For users prioritizing maximum visual quality, the High preset is a viable alternative, as it delivers 93.1 FPS at 4K—above the 60 FPS playability threshold—and 148.1 FPS at 1440p. However, the Ultra preset, while offering the highest fidelity, drops to 87.5 FPS at 4K and 140.2 FPS at 1440p, which may introduce perceptible frame pacing issues on 144 Hz displays. The Low preset, while delivering the highest frame rates, sacrifices too much visual detail for a game that relies on atmospheric presentation, making it less desirable for the intended experience. The data indicates that Medium is the sweet spot, offering the best compromise between frame rate and graphical richness, particularly at 1440p and 4K where the GPU's workload is most demanding.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its peak performance capabilities. The Low preset produces an average of 311.5 FPS, which is the highest measured value across all configurations. Medium follows closely at 286.2 FPS, then High at 205.7 FPS, and Ultra at 198.1 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 113.4 FPS, or 36.4%, showing that even at the lowest resolution, settings have a substantial impact on frame rate.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a uniform reduction across all presets. Low achieves 279.9 FPS, Medium reaches 238 FPS, High delivers 148.1 FPS, and Ultra manages 140.2 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is most acute at the High preset (28%), while Low sees a more modest 10.2% decline, reinforcing that the GPU's pixel throughput is the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

At 3840x2160, the system still delivers playable frame rates across all settings. Low averages 185.3 FPS, Medium 147.1 FPS, High 93.1 FPS, and Ultra 87.5 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure is notably the lowest in the entire dataset, but it remains above the 60 FPS baseline for smooth gameplay. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is just 5.6 FPS, suggesting that the Ultra preset's additional graphical features have minimal performance cost at this resolution, whereas the jump from Medium to High incurs a 53 FPS penalty. Overall, the data shows that this combo is capable of excellent performance at 1080p and 1440p with any preset, and at 4K with Medium or Low settings, making it a versatile pairing for a puzzle platformer that rewards high frame rates.