Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and AMD Radeon RX 570 combination delivers a highly playable experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016. The data shows a configuration that is heavily balanced toward the CPU, with the GPU acting as the primary constraint at higher resolutions. This analysis breaks down the measured performance across three resolutions and four quality presets, interpreting what the frame rates indicate about the hardware pairing.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, built on a 7 nm process at TSMC. It operates with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, drawing a 105 W TDP. The processor features a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache, a characteristic that historically benefits gaming workloads by reducing memory latency. Its 3DMark scores show a strong multithreaded capability, with a 16-thread score of 6764 and a max-thread score of 6755, while single-thread performance is measured at 804 in the same test suite.

In the context of Inside, which is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platformer, the CPU’s role is not to render complex 3D geometry but to manage game logic, physics, and object interactions. The benchmark results indicate that the 5700X3D is never the limiting factor in this pairing. At 1080p with Low settings, the average frame rate reaches 135.5 FPS, and at 4K with Low settings, it still holds 58.9 FPS. These figures are far below the CPU's potential ceiling, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22366 and PassMark multithread score of 26318. The processor's percentile rank of 82 among all CPUs further confirms its high-end status, placing it in the same performance bracket as the Intel Core i7-1360P and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D, with deltaPct values of 0.2% and 0.3% respectively. For this game, the CPU provides a vast headroom, ensuring that any frame rate dips observed are attributable to the graphics subsystem, not the processor.

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

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is a much older component, based on the Polaris 20 chip and GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. Its base clock is 1168 MHz, with a boost clock of 1244 MHz, and memory running at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). The GPU has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, delivering a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. Its FP32 performance is rated at 5.095 TFLOPS.

In Inside, the RX 570’s performance is the decisive factor when moving up in resolution and settings. The measured frame rates show a clear pattern: the GPU is the bottleneck. At 1080p, the RX 570 manages 135.5 FPS on Low, which is excellent for a game of this era. However, the drop to 4K is steep. At 4K High, the average FPS falls to 31.8, a 76.5% reduction from the 1080p Low result. This behavior is typical of a GPU with a 256-bit memory bus and 4 GB of VRAM being pushed to its limits by higher pixel counts, even in a visually modest title. The GPU’s percentile rank of 74 among all GPUs, while respectable, is far lower than the CPU’s rank. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, with deltaPct values of 0.2% for both, indicating that the RX 570’s average benchmark score of 30158 is surprisingly competitive in synthetic tests, but the real-world gaming data here shows its age under load.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimal settings. At 1080p, the High preset delivers an average of 70.8 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. However, the Medium preset offers a more comfortable margin at 109.3 FPS, and the Low preset reaches 135.5 FPS. For a puzzle platformer, where precision and timing are important, the Medium preset at 1080p represents the best balance, providing nearly double the frame rate of High while still offering a visual quality uplift over Low. The Ultra preset at 1080p yields 66 FPS, which is playable but offers diminishing returns compared to High, as the frame rate drops by 6.8% while likely adding minimal visual distinction in a game with a muted art style.

At 1440p, the situation changes. The Low preset achieves 95.6 FPS, which is very playable, while Medium drops to 80.8 FPS. The High preset falls to 46.9 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS ideal for many users, and Ultra is at 47.5 FPS. At this resolution, the Low or Medium presets are recommended, as they maintain a high refresh rate experience. At 4K, the data shows that only the Low preset is viable, with an average of 58.9 FPS. All other presets at 4K fall below 52.2 FPS, with High and Ultra both at 31.8 FPS, which would feel stuttery and unresponsive for a game that requires precise platforming. The recommendation is to use Low settings at 4K for a playable experience, or to stick with 1080p or 1440p for higher visual fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and AMD Radeon RX 570 ranks at position 1565 out of 1671 tested combinations in Inside. This ranking, which places it in the bottom 6.3% of all combos, is surprising given the individual components’ performance. The CPU is a top-tier part, but the GPU is a legacy component from 2017. The ranking highlights that for this specific game, the GPU is the overwhelming bottleneck. The data indicates that many other tested combos, likely those with more balanced or newer mid-range graphics cards, outperform this pairing, even if their CPUs are less capable.

The rank of 1565 out of 1671 suggests that this setup is not optimized for Inside at higher settings. The CPU’s potential is largely untapped in this workload, and the GPU’s 4 GB of VRAM and older architecture hold the system back. In a game like Inside, which is not graphically demanding by modern standards, the RX 570’s limitations are exposed at 4K and even at 1440p with higher presets. The combination’s low rank is a direct consequence of the GPU’s inability to keep up with the CPU’s capabilities, making it a mismatched pairing for this title. The CPU’s high percentile rank (82) and the GPU’s lower rank (74) further underscore this imbalance, but the synthetic scores do not translate to the same relative performance in this game due to the GPU’s architecture.

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

The measured FPS data across resolutions provides a textbook example of GPU-bound scaling. At 1080p Low, the average frame rate is 135.5 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, the frame rate drops to 95.6 FPS, a 29.5% decrease. At 4K Low, the average is 58.9 FPS, a further 38.4% drop from 1440p. This steep decline is a classic sign of a GPU bottleneck. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rates would remain relatively flat as resolution increases, since the CPU work per frame is constant. Instead, the frame rates fall sharply, indicating that the RX 570 is working harder to fill more pixels.

This pattern is consistent across all settings. At High settings, the frame rate drops from 70.8 FPS at 1080p to 46.9 FPS at 1440p (a 33.8% drop) and then to 31.8 FPS at 4K (a 32.2% drop from 1440p). The scaling from 1080p to 4K for High settings is a 55.1% reduction in performance. This consistent drop-off confirms that the GPU’s fill rate, texture rate, and memory bandwidth are the limiting factors. The CPU remains idle, waiting for the GPU to complete its rendering tasks. The data suggests that to achieve higher frame rates at 4K, a GPU with significantly more memory bandwidth and processing power would be required. The 5700X3D's strong cache and core configuration have no bearing on this bottleneck, as the workload is purely on the graphics pipeline. The conclusion is clear: the GPU is the definitive limiting component in this pairing for Inside, and any performance improvement would require a graphics card upgrade, not a CPU upgrade.