Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER combination delivers a consistently smooth experience in Inside, with average frame rates that comfortably exceed display refresh rate targets across most tested configurations. The data shows a system that is capable of handling the game’s atmospheric puzzle platforming with ease, though the choice of settings and resolution significantly alters the performance headroom available.

Settings Recommendations

Benchmark results indicate that the High preset offers the most balanced experience, providing a substantial visual upgrade over Medium while maintaining frame rates that are well above the 60 FPS threshold. At 1920x1080, the High preset achieves an average of 142.2 FPS, which is more than double the 60 FPS baseline. Moving to 2560x1440, the High preset still delivers a strong 99.9 FPS average, demonstrating that this setting is viable for high-refresh-rate monitors at both popular resolutions. The Ultra preset, while offering the highest visual fidelity, shows a measurable performance cost; at 3840x2160 it drops to 59.9 FPS, making it the only configuration in the measured data that falls below the 60 FPS mark.

For users prioritizing maximum frame rates, the Low preset provides exceptional performance, with an average of 279.3 FPS at 1080p and 199.4 FPS at 1440p. However, this comes at the cost of visual quality that may detract from the game’s atmospheric presentation. The Medium preset serves as a middle ground, offering 221.6 FPS at 1080p and 160.2 FPS at 1440p, but the jump to High appears to be a more efficient use of the performance budget, given the relatively modest FPS difference in this context. The data suggests that High is the sweet spot for this combination, as it provides a significant quality increase over Medium while still leaving ample performance headroom for most users. The Ultra preset is best reserved for those with 1080p or 1440p displays, where the 134.9 FPS and 96.7 FPS averages respectively remain highly playable.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is a Turing-architecture part with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. Its base clock of 1470 MHz and boost clock of 1650 MHz, combined with 2176 shading units, position it as a capable mid-range performer from its generation. The GPU’s 64 ROPs and 136 TMUs contribute to a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s, which are relevant factors for a 2D side-scrolling title like Inside.

In the context of this game, the GPU is rarely the primary constraint. The measured frame rates at 1080p with Low settings reach 279.3 FPS, suggesting that the RTX 2060 SUPER is more than capable of handling the game’s rendering demands. The GPU’s 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is ample for the visual effects used in Inside. The 8 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor in this title, as the game’s art style and scene complexity do not appear to require large frame buffers. The data shows that the GPU’s performance scales well with resolution, as evidenced by the 126.6 FPS average at 4K with Low settings, which is still a very high frame rate. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 19774 places it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN, is only 0.3% ahead, indicating that the RTX 2060 SUPER is a solid performer in its class.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 1195 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This rank places it in the lower-middle portion of all tested systems. While the absolute frame rates are high, the ranking suggests that many other combinations deliver even higher performance in this game. This is likely due to the GPU being the limiting factor when paired with a very high-end CPU. The CPU itself performs exceptionally well in synthetic tests, with an average benchmark score of 40468, placing it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, is nearly identical, with a delta of just 0.1%. The combination of a top-tier CPU with a mid-range GPU results in a system that is capable, but not at the very top of the performance hierarchy for this specific title, as the frame rates are more indicative of the GPU’s capabilities than the CPU’s potential.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of performance across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset leads with an average of 279.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 221.6 FPS, High at 142.2 FPS, and Ultra at 134.9 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is relatively small, at just 7.3 FPS, while the jump from Low to Medium is a significant 57.7 FPS. At 2560x1440, the pattern continues, with Low averaging 199.4 FPS, Medium at 160.2 FPS, High at 99.9 FPS, and Ultra at 96.7 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra narrows further to just 3.2 FPS at this resolution. At 3840x2160, Low averages 126.6 FPS, Medium drops to 103.5 FPS, High falls to 63.5 FPS, and Ultra is the only setting to dip below 60 FPS, with an average of 59.9 FPS. The data shows a consistent performance hierarchy, with Low being fastest and Ultra being slowest at every resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the nature of the bottleneck in this system. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 with High settings, the frame rate drops from 142.2 FPS to 99.9 FPS, a reduction of approximately 29.7%. The subsequent move from 1440p to 4K sees a further drop to 63.5 FPS, which is a 36.4% reduction from the 1440p figure. This scaling pattern suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the CPU is powerful enough to feed the GPU with data, allowing it to reach its maximum output. However, as resolution increases, the GPU’s rendering workload grows, and its performance becomes the deciding factor. The fact that the RTX 2060 SUPER can still produce 126.6 FPS at 4K with Low settings indicates that the game is not exceptionally demanding, but the significant drop at High and Ultra settings shows that the GPU’s fill rate and shading power are being taxed. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, is not the bottleneck here; the data clearly points to the GPU as the limiting factor when pushing higher resolutions and quality settings.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael. It features a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU has a 32 MB shared L3 cache and supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. Its synthetic performance is strong, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 29302 and a single-core score of 4136. These results place it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 40468.

In Inside, the CPU’s role is to manage game logic, physics, and draw calls. Given the game’s 2D nature and its 2016 release date, it is unlikely to stress the CPU heavily. The measured frame rates support this, as even at 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 279.3 FPS, which is a very high value. The CPU’s high single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3dmark single-thread score of 1049, ensures that it can handle the game’s primary thread efficiently. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides ample headroom for any background tasks or additional processing the game might require. The data suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck in this configuration; the frame rates are consistently high across all settings, and the performance scaling with resolution is characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario. The CPU’s capabilities far exceed the demands of Inside, making it a future-proof component for more demanding titles, but in this game, it serves as a stable platform that allows the GPU to perform to its full potential.