Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer. Across all tested resolutions and settings, the average FPS never drops below 110, indicating that this hardware pairing is far more powerful than the game demands, providing a fluid experience even at 4K Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a system that is heavily GPU-bound at lower resolutions but transitions to a more balanced state as pixel count increases. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces 244 FPS. Moving to 1440p High reduces this to 184 FPS, a 25% drop. The subsequent jump to 4K High brings the average down to 116 FPS, another 37% decrease from the 1440p figure.

This pattern becomes more pronounced when examining the lowest settings tier. At 1080p Low, the system outputs 317 FPS. At 1440p Low, the average is 284 FPS, and at 4K Low, it falls to 231 FPS. The relatively small performance penalty between 1080p and 1440p Low (about 10%) suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU frames at high speed, but the gap widens considerably between 1440p and 4K (a 19% drop), indicating the rendering load is shifting to the GPU.

The Medium preset offers the most complete data, including minimum and maximum FPS readings. At 1080p Medium, the average is 293 FPS with a minimum of 249 and a maximum of 337. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 262 FPS, with min/max figures of 223 and 302. The 4K Medium result shows an average of 185 FPS, with a notable minimum of 157 and maximum of 213. The scaling from 1080p to 4K at Medium is a 37% reduction in average FPS, a significant margin that underscores the GPU's growing workload.

The most demanding scenario, 4K Ultra, yields 110 FPS, while 1080p Ultra produces 240 FPS. This represents a 54% performance reduction from the lowest to highest resolution at the same preset. The trend across all settings indicates that the limiting component is the GPU at 4K, while the CPU's headroom is sufficient to maintain high frame rates at lower resolutions. The data shows a system that can comfortably exceed 240 FPS at 1080p across all presets, but the 4K results, while still very smooth, fall to roughly half that level, suggesting the RTX 4070 SUPER is the primary constraint at higher pixel counts.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination occupies the 707th position out of 3716 tested combos for this game, placing it in the top 19% of all tested hardware pairings. This rank reflects a system that is substantially more capable than the typical configuration used to benchmark Inside, which is expected given the game's age and the relative modernity of the components.

The ranking is a direct consequence of the hardware's synthetic benchmark performance. The CPU holds an 87th percentile ranking among all processors, while the GPU sits at the 83rd percentile among all graphics cards. These individual standings combine to produce a system that ranks highly in real-world game testing. The data indicates that this combo is overkill for Inside's modest requirements, as the game's simple geometry and limited particle effects are unlikely to stress either component to its limits.

Comparing the CPU to its nearest rivals shows a tightly clustered group. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has an average benchmark score of 41376, which is 0.3% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H (41263) and 0.4% higher than both the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H (41215) and the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440 (41208). It trails the Intel Core i7-14650HX (41576) by 0.5%. These marginal differences have no practical impact on Inside's frame rates, as the game is not compute-intensive.

The GPU's nearest rivals are similarly close in average score. The RTX 4070 SUPER's average score of 43223 is 0.1% lower than the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB (43262) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (43268), and 0.2% lower than the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 (43301). It is 1% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile (43667). These deltas are negligible for a game like Inside, where the frame rates are already in the triple digits across the board.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is the dominant component in this setup, and its specifications directly correlate with the observed frame rates. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. This memory configuration is more than sufficient for Inside, which was released in 2016 and does not feature high-resolution textures or large open-world environments that would require substantial VRAM allocation.

The GPU's clock speeds are a key factor in its performance. The base clock is 1980 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 2475 MHz. These high frequencies allow the card to process the game's simple shaders and geometry rapidly. The 4K Ultra result of 110 FPS demonstrates that even at the highest resolution and settings, the GPU is not fully saturated, as this frame rate is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

The card's architecture, Ada Lovelace, includes 7168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units. It also has 56 ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores, though neither is relevant for Inside, which does not employ ray tracing or DLSS. The raw compute power, rated at 35.48 TFLOPS for FP32, is far in excess of what this title requires. The passmark G3D score of 29995 and the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4627 further quantify the GPU's capability, reinforcing that the card's role in this game is to render frames at extremely high speeds without breaking a sweat.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that the Ultra preset is the optimal choice for this hardware, as it provides the best visual quality while still maintaining excellent performance. At 1080p Ultra, the average FPS is 240, which is far above the refresh rate of most displays. Even at 4K Ultra, the average of 110 FPS remains highly playable, offering a smooth experience on high-refresh-rate 4K monitors.

The High preset is a viable alternative for users who want to maximize frame rates on 4K displays. The 4K High result of 116 FPS is only 5% faster than Ultra, making the visual fidelity trade-off less worthwhile. However, at lower resolutions, High offers no meaningful advantage over Ultra, as the frame rates are already near or above 240 FPS.

The Medium preset, with its documented minimum and maximum FPS, shows a more variable experience. At 4K Medium, the minimum FPS is 157, which is still very smooth, but the average of 185 FPS is significantly lower than the Ultra preset's 110 FPS. This suggests that the Medium preset is not a balanced choice, as it reduces visual quality without providing a proportional performance benefit. The Low preset is unnecessary for this hardware, as the performance gains over Ultra are minimal at high resolutions (231 FPS vs 110 FPS at 4K) and irrelevant at 1080p (317 FPS vs 240 FPS).

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1440p with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 184 at 2560x1440 with the High preset.

Q: Does this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: Yes, the measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 110, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 1080p Medium?

A: The minimum FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings is 249.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X scores 41376, which is 0.3% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H and 0.5% lower than the Intel Core i7-14650HX.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER has a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combos for this game?

A: The combo ranks 707th out of 3716 tested combinations.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X plays a supporting role in this configuration, as Inside is not a CPU-intensive title. The processor features 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. These specifications provide ample processing power for the game's physics and logic, but the data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck in any tested scenario.

The CPU's benchmark scores confirm its high-end status. The Cinebench R23 multicore score is 16262, while the single-core score is 1527. The Geekbench multicore and single-core scores are 14118 and 2083, respectively. These numbers place the CPU in the 87th percentile among all processors, indicating it is more powerful than the vast majority of CPUs in the benchmark database. The 3DMark scores further illustrate its capability, with a max threads score of 10075 and a single thread score of 941.

The CPU's role in Inside is to maintain a steady frame delivery to the GPU. The high boost clock of 4.80 GHz ensures that single-threaded game logic is processed quickly, while the 12 cores provide headroom for background tasks. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 317 FPS, which is likely near the upper limit of what the game engine can output. The CPU's ability to sustain these high frame rates without dropping below 240 FPS at any 1080p setting demonstrates that it is not limiting the system's performance.

The processor's L3 cache of 64 MB is more than sufficient for the game's small data footprint, and its dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for feeding the GPU with frame data. The CPU's 105 W TDP and Socket AM4 compatibility make it a sensible pairing with the RTX 4070 SUPER, though the game's low requirements mean that a less powerful processor would likely produce identical results. Benchmark results indicate that the Ryzen 9 5900X's contribution to this combo's high frame rates is indirect, providing a stable platform that allows the GPU to operate at its full potential without CPU-induced frame pacing issues.