Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti pairing delivers a dominant performance in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer released on 2016-07-06. The measured data shows this combination achieving exceptionally high frame rates across all tested configurations, placing it in the top tier of systems analyzed for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 297.5 FPS, which drops to 266.1 FPS at 1440p and further to 208.2 FPS at 4K. This progression shows a 30% reduction in performance from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The scaling pattern becomes more pronounced at higher quality presets. With High settings, the frame rate falls from 230 FPS at 1080p to 164.4 FPS at 1440p (a 28.5% drop), and then to 104.3 FPS at 4K (a 36.5% drop from 1440p). This steeper decline at 4K High settings suggests the RTX 3080 Ti's memory bandwidth and shading resources are being taxed more heavily as resolution and fidelity both increase.

Interestingly, the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens with resolution. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra is 81.1 FPS (297.5 vs 216.4). At 4K, this gap shrinks to 110.6 FPS (208.2 vs 97.6), demonstrating that resolution scaling has a more significant impact on high-quality presets. The data indicates that at 4K Ultra, the system still maintains nearly 100 FPS, which is exceptional for a game of this genre, but the scaling curve shows diminishing returns as the GPU approaches its limits.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is built on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) with 8 cores and 16 threads. It operates with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz, featuring a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The processor's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 24063 and a single-core score of 3397.

For Inside, a game that is not typically demanding on CPU resources, the processor's capabilities appear more than sufficient. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 297.5 FPS, which is likely near the engine's practical limit given the GPU's capabilities. The CPU's PassMark single-thread score of 3234 and multi-thread score of 28309 indicate it can handle the game's logic and physics without becoming a bottleneck.

The processor's 3DMark scores provide context for its gaming performance: 884 in single-thread, 3392 in 4-thread, and 7299 in 16-thread tests. These results suggest that even at high frame rates, the CPU has headroom remaining. The fact that frame rates scale so dramatically with resolution changes (297.5 FPS at 1080p Low vs 208.2 FPS at 4K Low) confirms that the GPU is the primary constraint, not the processor. The 5800X3D's large L3 cache likely helps maintain consistent frame delivery in this title's puzzle-platformer scenarios.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and RTX 3080 Ti ranks 494th out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the top 30% of all systems analyzed, which is notable given the age of the game and the number of configurations considered.

The CPU's position among rivals reinforces the strength of this pairing. The 5800X3D has an average benchmark score of 26574, placing it slightly above the Intel Core i9-11900K (26546, deltaPct 0.1) and the AMD EPYC 8024P (26555, deltaPct 0.1). It trails the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 (26617, deltaPct -0.2) and the Intel Core i9-12900HK (26672, deltaPct -0.4) by marginal amounts, all within a 0.5% band. This indicates the CPU is competitive with modern alternatives despite being from an earlier generation.

The GPU similarly performs well against its peers. The RTX 3080 Ti's average benchmark score of 41224 is within 1.6% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (41441, deltaPct -0.5), the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (41610, deltaPct -0.9), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (41687, deltaPct -1.1), and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (41897, deltaPct -1.6). This grouping shows the 3080 Ti remains highly relevant, with the 3090 being the closest competitor at just 0.5% ahead.

The measured FPS data for Inside shows this combo delivering frame rates that far exceed what most systems would achieve, particularly at 1440p and 1080p where it exceeds 230 FPS on High settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data covers three resolutions and four quality presets, providing a comprehensive view of performance. At 1920x1080, the system achieves 297.5 FPS on Low, 272.7 FPS on Medium, 230 FPS on High, and 216.4 FPS on Ultra. These numbers indicate that even at the highest quality preset, the system maintains well above 200 FPS, making it suitable for high-refresh-rate displays.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high: 266.1 FPS on Low, 242.8 FPS on Medium, 164.4 FPS on High, and 155.7 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is most pronounced at High settings (230 to 164.4 FPS, a 28.5% reduction), while Low settings see a more modest decline (297.5 to 266.1 FPS, an 10.5% reduction). This pattern suggests the GPU's memory bandwidth becomes more critical at higher resolutions, particularly with more demanding settings.

At 3840x2160, the system still delivers playable frame rates across all presets: 208.2 FPS on Low, 163.2 FPS on Medium, 104.3 FPS on High, and 97.6 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result of 97.6 FPS is particularly impressive, as it remains above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The scaling from 1440p to 4K shows a 21.8% drop on Low settings (266.1 to 208.2 FPS), a 32.8% drop on Medium (242.8 to 163.2 FPS), a 36.5% drop on High (164.4 to 104.3 FPS), and a 37.3% drop on Ultra (155.7 to 97.6 FPS). This increasing percentage drop with higher settings confirms that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, especially with more demanding presets.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with a GA102 chip manufactured on an 8 nm process. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The card operates at a base clock of 1365 MHz with a boost clock of 1665 MHz, and its 10240 shading units deliver 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

The GPU's role in Inside is clearly dominant, as evidenced by the resolution scaling analysis. The card's high memory bandwidth (912.4 GB/s) and substantial VRAM capacity (12 GB) ensure that even at 4K Ultra, the game does not exceed available resources. The benchmark scores for the GPU show strong performance: a PassMark G3D score of 26896 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 191309.

The RTX 3080 Ti's texture rate of 532.8 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 186.5 GPixel/s are more than adequate for this title. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the system achieves 97.6 FPS, which suggests the GPU is operating near its limits but still delivering excellent performance. The card's 350 W TDP and dual-slot design are consistent with its high-end positioning.

The GPU's performance relative to its nearest rivals (RTX 3090 at -0.5% deltaPct, Radeon Pro 5300 at -0.9%, RTX 5070 at -1.1%) indicates that the 3080 Ti remains competitive. The measured FPS data for Inside shows that this GPU, paired with the 5800X3D, delivers frame rates that are likely limited by the game's engine rather than the hardware in most scenarios, particularly at 1080p where even Ultra settings exceed 216 FPS.