Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers an exceptional experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far more demanding on frame generation than its minimalist art style suggests. The measured data shows this combination ranks 370th out of 1,671 tested combos, placing it in the top quarter of all systems. Across all resolutions and settings, the average frame rates never dip below 107.5 FPS, indicating a system that is thoroughly overqualified for this title, yet the scaling patterns between resolutions reveal a nuanced performance profile worth examining.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K demonstrates how the RTX 5070 becomes progressively more stressed as pixel count increases, though the CPU remains a significant factor even at lower resolutions. At 1080p with Ultra settings, the combo produces 237 FPS, while dropping the resolution to 1440p reduces this to 167.7 FPS—a 29.2% decrease. Moving to 4K Ultra yields 107.5 FPS, another 35.9% drop from 1440p. This steep decline indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling bottleneck at higher resolutions, as expected with a 12 GB GDDR7 memory buffer and 672.0 GB/s bandwidth.

However, the Low settings data paints a different picture. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 310 FPS, but at 1440p Low it only drops to 275.6 FPS (an 11.1% reduction), and at 4K Low it reaches 226.6 FPS (a 17.8% reduction from 1440p). This much shallower scaling curve suggests that at Low settings, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X's 8 cores and 16 threads are the limiting component, particularly at 1080p where the GPU is not fully utilized. The CPU's 3.40 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clocks, combined with its 32 MB shared L3 cache, keep the frame pipeline fed, but the data shows diminishing returns once frame rates exceed approximately 275 FPS.

The Medium settings tier further illustrates this dynamic. The 1080p Medium score of 284.5 FPS is only 8.2% lower than Low, while 1440p Medium hits 254.5 FPS—a 7.7% drop from 1080p. But 4K Medium falls to 176.8 FPS, a 30.5% reduction from 1440p. This non-linear behavior indicates that the GPU's shading units (6,144) and texture units (192) begin to saturate at 4K even with modest graphical loads, while the CPU comfortably handles the physics and logic at lower pixel counts.

FAQ

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

A: The maximum measured FPS is 310 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This represents the ceiling for this CPU-GPU pairing in this title.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra compared to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 107.5, while 1080p Ultra yields 237 FPS. This represents a 54.6% performance reduction when scaling from 1080p to 4K at the highest settings.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700X or RTX 5070 the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the system hits 310 FPS, but moving to Medium only drops to 284.5 FPS and High to 240.1 FPS. The relatively small gaps between Low and Medium suggest the CPU is near its limit, as the GPU has ample headroom at this resolution.

Q: What rank does this combo hold among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 370th out of 1,671 tested combos, placing it in the top 22.1% of all systems. This is a strong result given the CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 5070's average benchmark score is 41,687, which is 0.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (41,441) and 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (41,610). It trails the NVIDIA Tesla M40 by 0.5% (41,897).

Q: Does the combo maintain playable frame rates at all settings in 4K?

A: Yes. The lowest measured 4K result is 107.5 FPS at Ultra settings. Even the most demanding configuration comfortably exceeds 100 FPS, indicating smooth gameplay throughout.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process, is the dominant component in this pairing for Inside. Its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves more than sufficient for this game's modest texture requirements. The GPU's 2,325 MHz base clock and 2,512 MHz boost clock, combined with 80 ROPs, deliver a pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s, directly supporting the high frame rates observed.

The memory configuration deserves particular attention. With 12 GB of VRAM, the RTX 5070 never approaches capacity in Inside, even at 4K Ultra. This explains why the frame rate drops from 1080p to 4K are primarily driven by the GPU's shading and texture throughput rather than memory limitations. The FP32 performance of 30.87 TFLOPS is the key metric here, as Inside relies heavily on pixel shader work for its distinctive lighting and silhouette effects.

The GPU's 6,144 shading units and 192 texture units scale predictably with resolution. At 4K, the render target size quadruples compared to 1080p, and the observed FPS reduction from 237 to 107.5 at Ultra settings (a 54.6% drop) is less than the theoretical 75% reduction, indicating that the CPU still provides some mitigation at higher resolutions. The RTX 5070's 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores are largely idle in this title, as Inside does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS, but their presence ensures headroom for more modern games.

The GPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41,687, corroborates the in-game results. It sits very close to the GeForce RTX 3090 (0.6% higher) in synthetic tests, yet the measured FPS in Inside suggests the RTX 5070's newer architecture handles this game's specific workload efficiently, particularly at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 300 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 370 out of 1,671 tested systems places it in the top 22.1% of all configurations. This is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU, though the rank is somewhat lower than the individual components' percentiles might suggest. The Ryzen 7 5700X holds an 83rd percentile rank among CPUs, and the RTX 5070 also holds an 83rd percentile rank among GPUs, yet the combined system ranks slightly lower due to the nature of Inside's workload.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks provide context for its performance. The Ryzen 7 5700X has an average benchmark score of 26,214, which is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,196) and 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT (26,161). It trails the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U by 0.2% (26,262) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X by 0.2% (26,272). These minuscule deltas indicate that the 5700X is extremely competitive with both older and newer processors in general compute tasks.

In Inside, this CPU performance translates to excellent frame pacing. The combination of 8 cores and 16 threads, while not fully utilized by this game, ensures that background processes and game logic never starve the render thread. The 32 MB L3 cache is particularly beneficial for the game's asset streaming, reducing stutter that might otherwise appear during scene transitions. The combo's rank of 370 suggests that systems with newer CPUs (like the Ryzen 5 7600X) or higher-end GPUs achieve better results, but the margin is likely small given the game's age and optimization.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the performance envelope is exceptionally high across all settings. Low settings produce 310 FPS, Medium yields 284.5 FPS (8.2% lower), High reaches 240.1 FPS (22.5% lower than Low), and Ultra delivers 237 FPS (23.5% lower than Low). The relatively small gap between High and Ultra (1.3%) suggests that Ultra settings add minimal additional GPU load at this resolution, likely due to the game's stylized visuals not requiring significantly more shading work.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show greater differentiation between settings. Low produces 275.6 FPS, Medium drops to 254.5 FPS (7.7% lower), High reaches 180.2 FPS (34.6% lower), and Ultra yields 167.7 FPS (39.1% lower). The larger gap between Medium and High (29.2%) compared to the 1080p results indicates that higher settings at this resolution begin to tax the GPU more substantially, with the 2.25x pixel increase from 1080p being the primary driver.

At 3840x2160, the scaling becomes more pronounced. Low settings deliver 226.6 FPS, Medium drops to 176.8 FPS (22.0% lower), High reaches 114.5 FPS (49.5% lower), and Ultra produces 107.5 FPS (52.6% lower). The 4K Ultra result of 107.5 FPS is the lowest across all configurations, but it remains comfortably above the 60 FPS standard for smooth gameplay. The data shows that at 4K, the GPU's shading units become the definitive bottleneck, with each settings tier reducing the frame rate by approximately 20-30% as additional effects are enabled.

The complete dataset reveals a system that delivers over 100 FPS in every tested configuration in Inside. The 1080p Low result of 310 FPS represents the practical ceiling for this CPU-GPU combination, while the 4K Ultra result of 107.5 FPS demonstrates that even the most demanding settings remain highly playable. The performance scaling is consistent with the hardware's specifications: the CPU provides ample headroom at lower resolutions, while the GPU's capabilities are fully realized at 4K without ever becoming a liability.