Inside

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this CPU/GPU combination in Inside at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured average frame rate at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 93 FPS. This is the lowest average among the four settings presets tested at 4K, with High settings delivering 98 FPS, Medium delivering 157 FPS, and Low delivering 196 FPS.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D compare to its nearest rival in overall CPU benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X3D has an average benchmark score of 27,896, placing it in the 80th percentile of all CPUs. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, scores 27,887, a negligible 0% difference. The Intel Core i9-10900K scores 27,872, putting it just 0.1% behind the 5800X3D.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all graphics cards based on its average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 holds an average benchmark score of 23,877, which places it in the 69th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z, scores 23,736, which is 0.6% lower, while the AMD Radeon RX 6800S scores 24,063, which is 0.8% higher.

Q: What is the best measured performance result for this combo at 1080p?

A: The highest measured average frame rate at 1920x1080 is 296 FPS with Low settings. Medium settings deliver 273 FPS, High settings deliver 217 FPS, and Ultra settings deliver 206 FPS. The Medium preset also shows a minimum frame rate of 232 FPS and a maximum of 314 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU appear to be the limiting factor at 4K resolution?

A: The data indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor at 4K. At 3840x2160, the frame rate drops from 196 FPS on Low to 93 FPS on Ultra, a reduction of 103 FPS (roughly 53%). This significant scaling with graphical settings points to GPU-bound performance, as the CPU's workload remains relatively constant across these presets.

Q: What is the launch MSRP for each component in this tested configuration?

A: The CPU has a launch MSRP of $449, and the GPU has a launch MSRP of 549 USD. Both figures are listed as official launch prices for their respective release dates.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, the Medium preset is the clear recommendation across all tested resolutions. At 4K, Medium delivers an average of 157 FPS with a minimum of 133 FPS and a maximum of 180 FPS, which comfortably exceeds the frame rates of both High (98 FPS) and Ultra (93 FPS) while providing a substantial upgrade over Low (196 FPS) in visual quality terms.

The gap between High and Ultra settings is notably small in terms of performance cost relative to their visual difference. At 1080p, High averages 217 FPS while Ultra averages 206 FPS, a difference of only 11 FPS. At 1440p, High delivers 156 FPS versus Ultra's 148 FPS, again just an 8 FPS gap. However, at 4K, the difference widens slightly: High produces 98 FPS while Ultra produces 93 FPS, a 5 FPS difference. Given that all presets exceed 90 FPS even at 4K, players with high-refresh-rate displays should favor Medium or High, while those prioritizing maximum visual quality can safely select Ultra without dropping below playable thresholds.

Low settings are only advisable for competitive play or for pushing frame rates to their absolute maximum, such as the 296 FPS average seen at 1080p. The Medium preset, however, offers the most compelling combination: at 1440p it produces 245 FPS average, at 1080p it produces 273 FPS average, and at 4K it maintains 157 FPS average. These numbers suggest Medium is the sweet spot for this hardware configuration, delivering frame rates that are roughly 60% higher than High settings at 4K while retaining meaningful graphical enhancements over Low.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear GPU-bound scenario, particularly at higher settings presets. At Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops from 206 FPS at 1080p to 148 FPS at 1440p, then further to 93 FPS at 4K. This progression shows a 45% reduction from 1080p to 4K, consistent with the pixel-count increase of approximately 4.5x, though not perfectly linear due to other bottlenecks.

At Low settings, the scaling is less severe in absolute terms but still substantial: 296 FPS at 1080p, 265 FPS at 1440p, and 196 FPS at 4K. The 100 FPS drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings indicates that even with minimal graphical load, the GPU is still the primary constraint. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads running at a boost clock of 4.50 GHz, is demonstrably capable of feeding the GPU at these high frame rates.

The Medium preset shows the most interesting scaling behavior. At 1080p it averages 273 FPS, at 1440p it averages 245 FPS, and at 4K it averages 157 FPS. The relatively small drop from 1080p to 1440p (28 FPS, roughly 10%) compared to the larger drop from 1440p to 4K (88 FPS, roughly 36%) suggests that at 1440p Medium, the system is still partially CPU-limited at these very high frame rates. Only when resolution climbs to 4K does the GPU workload become dominant enough to expose its limits fully.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results show a clear hierarchy across settings. Low settings produce an average of 296 FPS, making it the fastest preset. Medium settings deliver 273 FPS average with a minimum of 232 FPS and a maximum of 314 FPS, indicating tight frame pacing. High settings average 217 FPS, while Ultra settings average 206 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 90 FPS, with the gap between High and Ultra being just 11 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the pattern repeats with lower absolute numbers. Low settings average 265 FPS, Medium averages 245 FPS with a minimum of 208 FPS and maximum of 282 FPS, High averages 156 FPS, and Ultra averages 148 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra narrows to just 8 FPS at this resolution, while the gap from Low to Ultra is 117 FPS. Notably, the minimum frame rate recorded at Medium (208 FPS) still exceeds the average frame rates of both High and Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the performance hierarchy becomes more compressed at the top end. Low settings average 196 FPS, Medium averages 157 FPS with a minimum of 133 FPS and maximum of 180 FPS, High averages 98 FPS, and Ultra averages 93 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra shrinks to just 5 FPS, while the gap from Low to Ultra expands to 103 FPS. All settings at 4K remain above 90 FPS average, demonstrating that this configuration is more than adequate for 4K gaming in Inside.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for a game released in 2016 like Inside. The GPU's RDNA 4.0 architecture on a 4 nm process contains 53,900 million transistors across a 357 mm² die. With a base clock of 1330 MHz, a game clock of 2070 MHz, and a boost clock of 2520 MHz, the card demonstrates strong sustained performance in this title.

The GPU's 128 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s, and its 224 TMUs provide a texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s. These specifications explain why the card handles Inside's relatively modest graphical demands with such ease, even at 4K. The FP32 performance of 36.13 TFLOPS, with FP16 at the same 36.13 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), ensures that compute-heavy effects do not become a bottleneck.

The benchmark scores for the RX 9070 show a Passmark G3D score of 25,381 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,290. Its Passmark DirectX 11 score of 281 and DirectX 12 score of 74 indicate strong API support. The GPU sits in the 69th percentile of all GPUs, with its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z, scoring 0.6% lower. In the context of Inside, the measured FPS data shows the GPU remains the limiting factor at 4K, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling across settings presets.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads, based on the Zen 3 architecture with Vermeer codename, provide ample processing power for Inside. The processor's 96 MB of shared L3 cache is particularly relevant for gaming workloads, as it reduces memory latency and improves data locality. The base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 4.50 GHz ensure responsive single-threaded performance, which is important for a puzzle platformer's physics and logic calculations.

The CPU's benchmark results reinforce its gaming credentials. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14,317 and single-core score of 1,452 demonstrate balanced performance. The Geekbench multicore score of 11,765 and single-core score of 2,017 further validate this. In Passmark tests, the CPU achieves a multithread score of 28,309 and a single-thread score of 3,234, with a physics score of 2,884. These results place the 5800X3D in the 80th percentile of all CPUs, with its average benchmark score of 27,896 being effectively tied with its nearest rivals.

The measured FPS data suggests that the CPU is not a limiting factor in Inside, even at the highest frame rates. At 1080p Low settings, the system achieves 296 FPS average, which indicates the CPU can sustain very high frame delivery. The 3DMark scores, including 7,299 for 16 threads and 884 for single-thread, show strong scaling across thread counts. The CPU's 105 W TDP and support for DDR4 memory with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s complete a package that comfortably supports the RX 9070 in this game, with the GPU becoming the bottleneck only at higher resolutions and settings.