Inside

Inside is a puzzle platformer released in 2016. The measured configuration pairs the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with the AMD Radeon RX 7600, and the benchmark rows cover the listed resolutions and presets. The data shows a wide spread: the lowest measured average is 59.1 fps at 3840x2160 Ultra, while the highest is 283.8 fps at 1920x1080 Low.

Settings Recommendations

Because the measured rows report only average FPS, these recommendations are based on averages rather than frame-time stability. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset averages 136.5 fps, while High averages 140.8 fps. The gap between the two is small, so Ultra is the better experience at this resolution. At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 94.6 fps and High averages 101.9 fps. The same logic applies: the quality increase from High to Ultra costs only a relatively small amount of average FPS, leaving Ultra comfortably above the other preset options with a quality setting that is not the maximum.

At 3840x2160, the relationship shifts. High averages 62.7 fps, while Ultra averages 59.1 fps. Medium averages 101 fps, but Medium is a larger quality step below High. For the best experience among the measured rows, High is the recommended preset at 3840x2160: it is the highest quality setting that still averages above the Ultra row, and it avoids the larger visual reduction of Medium. Low at 3840x2160 averages 127.3 fps, but it carries the largest quality penalty. Overall, the measured rows favor Ultra for 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, and High for 3840x2160.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock is 2655 MHz, its game clock is 2250 MHz, and its FP32 throughput is 21.75 TFLOPS. It also has 2048 shading units, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray accelerators. The GPU’s average benchmark score is 20258, with a 63rd percentile among all GPUs. In the nearest-rival comparison, the RX 7600 is 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 460, while trailing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile by 1.3% and the Intel Arc B570 by 1.5%.

The GPU’s role in Inside is visible in the settings scaling. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 127.3 fps, Medium averages 101 fps, High averages 62.7 fps, and Ultra averages 59.1 fps. This progression shows that the frame rate responds sharply to the amount of rendering work. The 8 GB frame buffer does not cause a collapse at 3840x2160 Ultra; the average remains 59.1 fps. The GPU also shows the same pattern at lower resolutions: at 1920x1080, Low averages 283.8 fps, Medium 226.5 fps, High 140.8 fps, and Ultra 136.5 fps. That consistent drop from Low to Ultra is the clearest indicator of where the graphics card sits in this configuration.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a Zen 5 desktop processor with 8 cores and 16 threads. It runs at a 4.70 GHz base clock and a 5.20 GHz boost clock, with 96 MB of L3 cache. The platform is AMD Socket AM5, using dual-channel DDR5 memory with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU’s TDP is 120 W, and it provides PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes. Its average benchmark score is 37780, placing it at the 90th percentile among all CPUs. In the nearest-rival set, it is 0.1% below the Intel Xeon 6353P and the Intel Core Ultra 5 225, 0.6% below the Intel Core i9-13900HK, and 0.7% below the Intel Core i5-13600KF.

The CPU’s synthetic results show strong single-thread performance: Cinebench R23 single-core scores 4800, Geekbench single-core scores 3341, and Passmark single-thread scores 4430. Multi-thread results are also strong, with Cinebench R23 multi-core at 34004, Geekbench multi-core at 18413, and Passmark multithread at 40009. In Inside, the CPU’s contribution is most apparent in the low-settings rows. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo averages 283.8 fps; at 2560x1440 Low, it averages 206.4 fps; at 3840x2160 Low, it averages 127.3 fps. Those numbers indicate that the processor is not the limiting component in the lower-load rows, and the 8-core/16-thread configuration is sufficient to keep the RX 7600 supplied.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured combo ranks 1123 out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside. That places this pairing below the midpoint of the database, so the combination is not a standout result for this title. The CPU sits at the 90th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU sits at the 63rd percentile among all GPUs, but the combo rank is much closer to the GPU’s relative position. This makes sense given the measured FPS pattern: the CPU is capable of very high frame rates, while the GPU’s settings and resolution scaling drive the final averages. The rank therefore reflects a pairing in which a high-end processor is matched with a mid-pack graphics card, and the game’s results follow that balance.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling is consistent across all four presets. At Low, the average goes from 283.8 fps at 1920x1080 to 206.4 fps at 2560x1440 to 127.3 fps at 3840x2160. At Medium, it goes from 226.5 fps at 1920x1080 to 161.5 fps at 2560x1440 to 101 fps at 3840x2160. At High, it goes from 140.8 fps at 1920x1080 to 101.9 fps at 2560x1440 to 62.7 fps at 3840x2160. At Ultra, it goes from 136.5 fps at 1920x1080 to 94.6 fps at 2560x1440 to 59.1 fps at 3840x2160.

Every step from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 reduces the average, and the reduction is present in every preset. At 1920x1080 Low, the average is high enough that the system has substantial headroom; at 3840x2160 Ultra, the average falls to 59.1 fps, the lowest of the measured set. The limiting component at the high-resolution end is the RX 7600. The CPU’s strong single-thread and multi-thread scores do not prevent the steady drop as pixel count increases, which points to the GPU as the part that determines the high-resolution results.