Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers an exceptionally smooth experience in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far more demanding at high refresh rates than its minimalist art style suggests. The measured data shows that this combination is capable of pushing well beyond standard 60 FPS displays at nearly every setting, making the choice of preset more about display capabilities than about hitting playable thresholds. The benchmark results indicate a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, yet still possesses enough CPU headroom to avoid bottlenecks even at 1080p with lower graphical settings.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear hierarchy where the "Ultra" preset is the most demanding, while "Low" unlocks the highest frame rates. For users with a 60 Hz or 144 Hz display, the "High" preset offers the most balanced experience across all tested resolutions. At 3840x2160, the High preset produces an average of 78.3 FPS, which is comfortably above 60 FPS and only 7.2 FPS slower than the Medium preset's 125.1 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra at 4K costs 7.2 FPS (from 78.3 to 71.1), a relatively small penalty for the visual upgrade, but still leaves Ultra just above the 60 FPS line.

At 2560x1440, the High preset's 122.5 FPS average is ideal for 120 Hz monitors, while Ultra's 113.6 FPS remains viable for high-refresh displays. The 1080p results show that High (170.7 FPS) and Ultra (163.1 FPS) are nearly interchangeable, with only a 7.6 FPS difference. The data suggests that "High" is the sweet spot: it provides a substantial visual improvement over Medium while maintaining a comfortable margin above 60 FPS at 4K and above 120 FPS at 1440p. For users prioritizing maximum frame rates on a 240 Hz display, the "Low" preset at 1080p (272.6 FPS) or 1440p (240 FPS) is the only way to fully saturate such a panel, but the visual compromise is significant. Given the game's atmospheric lighting and shadow work, the High preset appears to be the optimal compromise between fidelity and performance.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific CPU-GPU combination ranks 919th out of 1671 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the 55th percentile of all configurations. This mid-pack ranking is somewhat surprising given the raw performance of the individual components, but it reflects the fact that Inside is a lightweight title where many modern systems can achieve high frame rates, and the ranking is likely influenced by the GPU's position relative to newer, more powerful cards. The combo's rank suggests that while this pairing is far from the top of the leaderboard, it sits comfortably above the median, indicating that a majority of tested systems will produce lower average FPS in this game.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 24673 places it in the 82nd percentile of all processors, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i7-1360P at 24627 (0.2% slower) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D at 24605 (0.3% slower). The GPU's average benchmark score of 33721 places it in the 77th percentile, with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 as the closest competitor at 33493 (0.7% slower). These individual percentile rankings suggest that the CPU is slightly stronger relative to its peers than the GPU, which is consistent with the observed frame rates that show the GPU becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a Navi 22 chip, featuring 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clocks run at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective), while the GPU has a base clock of 2321 MHz, a game clock of 2424 MHz, and a boost clock of 2581 MHz. With 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, the card delivers 13.21 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

In Inside, the GPU's role is clearly defined by the resolution scaling of frame rates. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 71.1, suggesting that the 12 GB VRAM buffer is sufficient, but the pixel throughput demands are high. The card's pixel rate of 165.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 413.0 GTexel/s are the key specifications that govern performance in this game, which features large, detailed environments with complex lighting effects. The data shows that even at 4K High, the GPU maintains 78.3 FPS, indicating that the RX 6700 XT's memory bandwidth is not a bottleneck at these settings. The card's 40 ray accelerators (RT cores) are present but unlikely to be heavily utilized in this title, given its 2016 release date and the fact that the measured settings likely use traditional rasterization techniques.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are exceptionally high across all presets. The Low preset achieves 272.6 FPS, Medium reaches 249.5 FPS, High produces 170.7 FPS, and Ultra delivers 163.1 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 23.1 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 7.6 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset is not significantly more demanding than High at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern shifts. Low yields 240 FPS, Medium produces 194.8 FPS, High drops to 122.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 113.6 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra narrows to 8.9 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High costs 72.3 FPS, suggesting that High enables more demanding visual effects that significantly impact frame rate at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor. Low produces 153.8 FPS, Medium drops to 125.1 FPS, High falls to 78.3 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 71.1 FPS. The scaling from Low to Medium shows a 28.7 FPS drop, but the transition from Medium to High costs 46.8 FPS, revealing that High preset at 4K is where the GPU's rendering capabilities are most stressed. The Ultra preset is only 7.2 FPS slower than High at 4K, suggesting that the extra graphical features in Ultra are relatively lightweight compared to the leap from Medium to High.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate degradation from 1080p to 4K is dramatic and reveals the GPU as the primary bottleneck. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 170.7 at 1080p to 122.5 at 1440p (a 28.2% decrease), and then to 78.3 at 4K (a further 36.1% decrease from 1440p). This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the number of pixels being rendered quadruples from 1080p to 4K, and the RX 6700 XT's 13.21 TFLOPS of compute power is insufficient to maintain the same frame rate.

At the Low preset, the scaling is less severe but still pronounced: 272.6 FPS at 1080p, 240 FPS at 1440p (an 11.9% decrease), and 153.8 FPS at 4K (a 35.9% decrease from 1440p). The smaller drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings suggests that the CPU is capable of keeping up with the GPU at lower resolutions, but as pixel count increases, the GPU's fill rate limitations become dominant. The data implies that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D is not a limiting factor even at 1080p Low, where the GPU is still producing 272.6 FPS. The 4K Low result of 153.8 FPS indicates that even with minimal graphical load, the GPU's raw pixel throughput is the ceiling, not the CPU's 16 threads or 96 MB of L3 cache.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 144 FPS?

A: At 2560x1440 with the Low preset, the system achieves exactly 240 FPS. To maintain 144 FPS at 1440p, the Medium preset produces 194.8 FPS, while High drops to 122.5 FPS. At 1080p, all presets exceed 144 FPS, with Ultra hitting 163.1 FPS.

*Q: Can this system run Inside at 4K 60 FPS?*

A: Yes, the High preset at 3840x2160 averages 78.3 FPS, which is above 60 FPS. The Ultra preset also clears the threshold at 71.1 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K reaches 125.1 FPS, providing significant headroom.

Q: How does the CPU's 96 MB L3 cache affect performance in this game?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X3D features 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is the largest cache size listed in the FACT PACK. This large cache likely helps maintain high minimum frame rates in Inside's complex scenes, though the measured data only provides average FPS figures. The CPU's benchmark scores show it is competitive with the Intel Core i7-1360P (0.2% faster) and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D (0.3% faster).

Q: Is the GPU's 12 GB VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: Yes, the measured data shows no indication of VRAM limitations. The RX 6700 XT's 12 GB GDDR6 memory with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth is more than adequate for Inside, even at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS remains playable at 71.1. The game's 2016 release date means its texture sizes are modest by modern standards.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 272.6 FPS, while Ultra averages 163.1 FPS. This represents a 109.5 FPS difference, or a 67.1% increase in frame rate when using Low settings. The gap is larger than at 4K, where the difference is 82.7 FPS.

Q: How does this combo compare to the RX 6800 in terms of GPU benchmark scores?

A: The RX 6700 XT has an average benchmark score of 33721, while the AMD Radeon RX 6800 scores 33493. The deltaPct is 0.7, meaning the RX 6700 XT is 0.7% faster in this synthetic benchmark, despite the RX 6800 being a higher-tier card in the same product family.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 5000 series, based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) and manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, with a TDP of 105 W. The CPU's 96 MB of shared L3 cache is a defining feature that likely contributes to its strong gaming performance, and its 3dmark results show scaling from 804 in single-thread to 6764 in 16-thread tests, indicating robust multi-threading capabilities.

In Inside, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (272.6 FPS) suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck at this resolution, as the frame rate is limited by the GPU's ability to render the scene. The 3dmark 16-thread score of 6764 and the cinebench r23 multicore score of 22366 demonstrate that the CPU has ample processing power for a game that is primarily GPU-bound. The CPU's percentile ranking of 82 places it above 82% of all tested CPUs, indicating it is a high-performance part that will not hold back the RX 6700 XT in most gaming scenarios. The data shows that even at 4K Low, where the GPU is less stressed, the CPU still allows the GPU to reach 153.8 FPS, confirming that the 5700X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Inside's workload.