Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer from 2016. The measured data shows this combination handles the game’s stylized visuals with substantial headroom across all tested resolutions, with the most significant performance shifts occurring between the Low and Medium presets rather than between resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data reveals a clear pattern where the RTX 2060 SUPER remains the dominant force at 1080p, but the scaling to higher resolutions introduces a more balanced workload. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces 142 FPS, which drops to 103 FPS at 1440p and further to 65.7 FPS at 4K. This represents a 54% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the GPU’s rendering load scales predictably with pixel count.

The Low preset shows a different scaling profile. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 282.6 FPS, while 1440p Low still manages 201.9 FPS, and 4K Low hits 125.7 FPS. The gap between 1080p and 4K at Low settings is 55.5%, which is proportionally similar to the High preset’s scaling, but the absolute numbers suggest the CPU is not a limiting factor even at the highest frame rates. The 5800X3D’s 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a boost clock of 4.50 GHz provides ample processing power for this title.

Ultra settings offer the most demanding scenario, with 133.4 FPS at 1080p, 94.8 FPS at 1440p, and 62.7 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is 53%, nearly identical to the High preset’s scaling. This consistency across presets indicates that resolution scaling in Inside is primarily a GPU-bound operation, and the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient to avoid memory-related stutters.

Notably, the transition from Medium to High at each resolution costs more performance than the jump from High to Ultra. At 1440p, Medium produces 161.4 FPS, High drops to 103 FPS (a 36% reduction), while Ultra only falls to 94.8 FPS (an 8% further drop). This suggests the High preset introduces a substantial rendering effect that the GPU must process, while Ultra adds comparatively little additional overhead.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 SUPER, built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process, operates with a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz. Its 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s, which proves more than adequate for Inside’s 2D side-scrolling visuals. The GPU’s 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance provides the raw compute headroom needed for the game’s lighting and particle effects.

The memory subsystem plays a critical role at higher resolutions. With 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit interface, the card achieves 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. At 4K Ultra, the system maintains 62.7 FPS, and the fact that this doesn’t collapse below playable thresholds indicates the memory capacity is not being exceeded. The GPU’s 63rd percentile ranking among all GPUs places it as a mid-range performer, but within Inside, its 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores are largely idle, as the game does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS.

The benchmark scores for the GPU show a passmark G3D score of 16462, with a passmark GPU compute score of 6721. These figures, combined with the measured frame rates, suggest the RTX 2060 SUPER is never the bottleneck at 1080p, but at 4K Ultra, the card is working near its limits. The transition from 1440p High (103 FPS) to 4K High (65.7 FPS) shows a 36% drop, which aligns with the 2.25x pixel increase from 1440p to 4K, though the actual scaling is more favorable due to the GPU’s memory bandwidth.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D brings a unique cache configuration to this pairing, with 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is its defining feature. This 8-core, 16-thread processor with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 4.50 GHz ranks in the 83rd percentile among all CPUs. In Inside, a game that primarily relies on single-threaded physics and game logic, the processor’s strong single-core performance is evident through its 3dmark single-thread score of 884 and its cinebench R23 single-core score of 3397.

The CPU’s multithreaded capabilities are equally robust, with a cinebench R23 multicore score of 24063 and a passmark multithread score of 28309. However, the data indicates that Inside does not stress the CPU’s full potential. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 282.6 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s frame rate ceiling. The fact that 4K Low still produces 125.7 FPS, while 1080p Ultra yields 133.4 FPS, demonstrates that the CPU maintains consistent performance regardless of resolution, whereas the GPU’s load varies significantly.

The 5800X3D’s nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 8024P with a 0.1% delta, the Intel Core i9-11900K with a 0.1% delta, and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 with a -0.2% delta. These close margins indicate the 5800X3D offers competitive performance for this workload, though its 105 W TDP and DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for a game like Inside that does not demand high memory throughput.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU/GPU combo in Inside?*

A: The data shows all three resolutions are playable. At Ultra settings, 1080p delivers 133.4 FPS, 1440p delivers 94.8 FPS, and 4K delivers 62.7 FPS. For a 60 FPS target, 4K Ultra is viable, while 1440p High provides 103 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 19774 places it just 0.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN (19706) and 0.5% ahead of the RTX 2070 (19680). This indicates the 2060 SUPER performs nearly identically to these cards in general compute tasks.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: No. At 1080p Low, the system produces 282.6 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra it still manages 133.4 FPS. The 5800X3D’s single-thread score of 884 in 3dmark suggests it can feed the GPU at these frame rates without becoming a limiting factor.

Q: What is the performance difference between the High and Ultra presets?

A: At 1440p, High produces 103 FPS while Ultra produces 94.8 FPS, a difference of 8.2 FPS. At 4K, the gap narrows to 3.0 FPS (65.7 vs 62.7). The Ultra preset adds minimal visual processing overhead compared to High.

*Q: How does the 5800X3D’s cache affect Inside performance?*

A: The 96 MB of shared L3 cache is the processor’s standout feature, but Inside does not appear to be cache-sensitive. The frame rates scale almost entirely with GPU load, suggesting the game’s data footprint fits within the CPU’s regular cache hierarchy.

Q: Is the 8 GB VRAM sufficient for 4K gameplay?

A: Yes. At 4K Ultra, the system maintains 62.7 FPS without any indication of memory-related frame drops. The GPU’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB capacity are adequate for this game’s art style and resolution.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of presets and resolutions. For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the High preset at 1440p is the standout choice, delivering 103 FPS with a 36% performance uplift over Ultra at the same resolution. This preset captures the majority of the game’s visual effects while preserving a comfortable margin above 100 FPS.

For users with 4K displays, the High preset at 65.7 FPS is preferable to Ultra at 62.7 FPS, as the 3.0 FPS difference is imperceptible while the lower preset reduces GPU load. The Low preset at 4K (125.7 FPS) is unnecessary for this game, as High already exceeds the 60 FPS threshold.

At 1080p, the Ultra preset (133.4 FPS) is the recommended choice, as it provides the highest visual quality while maintaining frame rates far above any display refresh rate. The Medium preset at 1080p (222.6 FPS) offers diminishing returns in visual quality for a frame rate increase that is unlikely to be visible on standard monitors.

The data indicates that Inside is not a demanding title for this hardware combination. Even at 4K Ultra, the system stays above 60 FPS, and the CPU never appears to constrain performance. The optimal configuration depends on the display’s native resolution, but the High preset provides the most consistent experience across all three resolutions, with 142 FPS at 1080p, 103 FPS at 1440p, and 65.7 FPS at 4K.