Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a puzzle platformer that is far more demanding than its minimalist art style suggests. The dataset shows this combination is capable of extreme frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings, with the 1080p Low preset reaching an average of 370.5 FPS. The challenge is not achieving playability, but rather selecting a preset that balances visual fidelity with the headroom needed for a flawless experience. Benchmark results indicate that the High preset is the optimal choice for this hardware pairing, as it provides a substantial visual upgrade over Low and Medium while still maintaining average frame rates comfortably above 200 FPS at every resolution tested, including 134.9 FPS at 4K.

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The measured rows reveal a clear hierarchy of performance across the four presets. At 1080p, the Low preset yields 370.5 FPS, Medium drops to 346.2 FPS, High falls to 283.8 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 275.5 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is only 8.3 FPS at 1080p, which is statistically negligible given the already massive frame rates. The same pattern holds at 1440p, where High produces 210.4 FPS versus Ultra's 197.4 FPS, a difference of just 13 FPS. However, at 4K the divergence becomes more pronounced: High manages 134.9 FPS while Ultra drops to 124.8 FPS, a 10.1 FPS difference that begins to approach the threshold where frame pacing could become noticeable on high-refresh-rate displays.

Given these figures, the High preset represents the best experience per the measured rows. It offers a substantial improvement over Medium (which delivers 346.2 FPS at 1080p, 307.7 FPS at 1440p, and 212.1 FPS at 4K) while sacrificing very little compared to Ultra. The data shows that High consistently sits roughly 30% above 4K Ultra performance and maintains at least 134.9 FPS even at the most demanding resolution tested. For a puzzle platformer where precise input timing matters, choosing High over Ultra is a rational trade-off: the visual difference between the two presets is typically subtle in this genre, yet the performance buffer gained is meaningful for maintaining consistent frame delivery during fast-moving scenes.

FAQ

*Q: What is the maximum average frame rate this combo can achieve in Inside?*

A: The highest recorded average is 370.5 FPS, which occurs at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. The Medium preset at 1080p is close behind at 346.2 FPS.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from High to Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, the drop is from 283.8 FPS to 275.5 FPS, a 2.9% decrease. At 1440p, High yields 210.4 FPS versus Ultra's 197.4 FPS, an 6.2% decrease. At 4K, the drop is from 134.9 FPS to 124.8 FPS, an 7.5% decrease.

*Q: Is this combination capable of 4K gaming in Inside?*

A: Yes. Even at 4K Ultra, the average frame rate is 124.8 FPS, which exceeds the 120 FPS threshold commonly used for high-refresh-rate displays. The High preset at 4K performs even better at 134.9 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 has an average benchmark score of 40468. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, scores 40431, a delta of 0.1%. The Ryzen AI 9 365 is 0.5% slower, while the Intel Core i9-13905H is 0.6% faster.

Q: What is the GPU's direct competition in terms of overall benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER averages 53610 across all benchmarks. The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT scores 53489, just 0.2% lower. The Radeon Pro W6600M is 0.4% lower, and the RX 7700S trails by 2.1%.

*Q: Does the data suggest the CPU or GPU is more responsible for the frame rates in Inside?*

A: The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K suggests the GPU becomes more limiting at higher resolutions. At 1080p High, the combo hits 283.8 FPS, while at 4K High it drops to 134.9 FPS, a 52.5% reduction. This large drop indicates the GPU's rendering load is the primary bottleneck at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing for Inside. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides a memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s, which is more than sufficient for a game of this visual complexity. The GPU's 10240 shading units and 112 ROPs drive the frame rates, with a boost clock of 2550 MHz and a base clock of 2295 MHz. The benchmark data shows the GPU's Passmark G3D score of 34245 places it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610.

The GPU's role becomes evident when examining the frame rate scaling across settings. At 1080p, the difference between Low (370.5 FPS) and Ultra (275.5 FPS) is 95 FPS, a 25.6% reduction. At 4K, the same comparison shows a drop from 263.1 FPS to 124.8 FPS, a 52.6% reduction. This disproportionate impact at 4K indicates that the GPU is being pushed harder by the higher pixel count, while the CPU has ample headroom to feed frames. The RTX 4080 SUPER's 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 816.0 GTexel/s texture rate provide the raw compute needed to sustain these high frame rates, even at Ultra settings where pixel shader and texture fetch workloads increase.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER holds the 79th position out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the top 4.7% of all configurations tested, which is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The CPU itself ranks in the 91st percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 40468. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is 0.1% faster, the Intel Core i9-13905H is 0.6% faster, while the Ryzen AI 9 365 is 0.5% slower.

The GPU ranks in the 88th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, is just 0.2% behind, indicating near-parity in overall compute performance. The fact that this combo ranks 79th overall suggests that the pairing is well-balanced for Inside, though the relatively high rank also reflects the game's modest system requirements that allow even mid-tier CPUs to keep up with flagship GPUs. The data indicates that the limiting factor for higher ranking would be either a faster CPU to reduce any potential bottleneck at very high frame rates, or a more powerful GPU to push 4K Ultra beyond the current 124.8 FPS average.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data reveals a clear pattern of scaling from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the combo delivers 283.8 FPS at 1080p, 210.4 FPS at 1440p, and 134.9 FPS at 4K. This represents a 25.9% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 35.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. The total reduction from 1080p to 4K is 52.5%. At Ultra settings, the progression is 275.5 FPS, 197.4 FPS, and 124.8 FPS, with a 28.3% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 36.8% drop from 1440p to 4K, totaling 54.7% across the full range.

This scaling behavior is indicative of a system that is GPU-limited at higher resolutions. The CPU's performance, as measured by its 3DMark single-thread score of 1049 and multi-thread score of 8484, is clearly sufficient to drive frame rates well above 300 FPS at 1080p. The fact that 4K High (134.9 FPS) is less than half of 1080p High (283.8 FPS) shows that the GPU's rendering throughput is the constraining factor as pixel count increases. The Ryzen 7 7700's 8 cores and 16 threads, with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, are not the bottleneck here; the RTX 4080 SUPER's pixel fill rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s are being taxed by the higher resolution workloads. For players targeting locked 144 FPS at 4K, the High preset (134.9 FPS) falls short, but the Medium preset (212.1 FPS) provides ample headroom. The data suggests that this combo is best suited for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming, where High settings deliver 210.4 FPS, comfortably exceeding most display refresh rates.