Inside

Inside is a puzzle platformer from 2016 that places almost no strain on modern high-end hardware, and the measured results for the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER confirm this. The data shows a combination that is profoundly overqualified for the task, delivering frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of nearly all displays on the market, even at the most demanding settings tested.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling across resolutions reveals a system that is never bottlenecked by the GPU in any meaningful way. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces an average of 244 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops that to 195 FPS, a reduction of 49 FPS, while the jump to 4K brings the average down to 123 FPS. This pattern, where each step up in resolution costs roughly a quarter of the previous frame rate, is characteristic of a title that is heavily CPU-bound at lower resolutions, with the GPU only beginning to show its influence at 4K.

The Low settings preset tells a similar story but with even higher absolute numbers. At 1080p Low, the system hits 317 FPS average. At 1440p Low, it drops to 284 FPS, and at 4K Low, it still manages 244 FPS. The fact that the 4K Low result (244 FPS) is identical to the 1080p High result (244 FPS) is a strong indicator that the game's visual complexity, not the resolution, is the primary factor limiting performance once the GPU has enough headroom. The scaling from 1440p Low to 4K Low is only a 40 FPS drop, whereas the drop from 1080p High to 1440p High is 49 FPS, suggesting that the CPU is the limiting component until the pixel count becomes extreme.

The Medium preset provides the most complete picture, as it is the only setting tier with recorded minimum and maximum frame rates. At 1080p Medium, the average is 293 FPS with a minimum of 249 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average falls to 262 FPS with a minimum of 223 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 196 FPS with a minimum of 167 FPS. The consistent gap between the average and the minimum, roughly 30-40 FPS, shows that frame pacing is stable even when the engine is under load, with no signs of stuttering or severe hitches. The 4K Medium minimum of 167 FPS is still far above the 144Hz threshold, indicating that even the most demanding measured configuration leaves a massive performance buffer.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the context of this specific game, the combination of the Ryzen 9 5900X and RTX 4070 Ti SUPER ranks 614th out of 3716 tested combinations. This places it in the top 16.5% of all tested systems for Inside, which is a strong showing but not a top-tier position. The rank suggests that while this is a very fast pairing, there are many other combinations that deliver even higher frame rates in this particular title, likely due to the game's age and its sensitivity to single-thread performance over raw multi-core muscle.

The rank relative to other combos is interesting because it does not align perfectly with the raw hardware percentile standings. The CPU sits in the 87th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU is in the 76th percentile of all GPUs, yet the combo's performance in this game places it at the 83rd percentile of combos (614/3716). This indicates that Inside is not particularly demanding on either component, and the ranking is more a function of the specific engine's quirks than a reflection of the hardware's overall capability. The data suggests that the game's performance ceiling is low enough that even mid-range modern components can achieve high frame rates, making the difference between top-tier and upper-mid-tier hardware negligible in practice.

The nearest rival comparisons for the CPU show it is virtually tied with several other processors, with a delta of only 0.3% to 0.5% against the Intel Core Ultra 7 366H, Intel Core Ultra 7 356H, and AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440. It is also only 0.5% behind the Intel Core i7-14650HX. These margins are within the noise of benchmark variance, meaning the CPU is performing exactly as expected for its class. For the GPU, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 0.4% behind the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 and 1.9% behind the NVIDIA TITAN RTX, all of which are older architectures, yet the performance delta is minimal in this context.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s. The GPU has a base clock of 2340 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with a memory clock of 1313 MHz effective at 21 Gbps. These specifications are far beyond what Inside requires, and the benchmark results reflect this surplus of capability.

The VRAM allocation is a non-issue in this game. With 16 GB of GDDR6X, the card has more than enough memory to handle the game's textures and assets at any resolution. The data shows no evidence of memory pressure causing performance dips, as the min FPS values at Medium settings remain high across all resolutions. The GPU's 8448 shading units and 264 texture mapping units are also massively underutilized, as the game's art style is simple and low-poly, requiring minimal fill rate and pixel processing.

The measured performance demonstrates that the GPU is not the bottleneck until 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 117. Even this figure is remarkably high for a game that was released in 2016, and it indicates that the GPU is still not being pushed to its limits. The pixel rate of 250.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 689.0 GTexel/s are theoretical maxima that the game is unlikely to ever approach. In essence, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is operating in a state of extreme headroom, with the game's simple rendering requirements leaving the vast majority of the GPU's compute power idle. The 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is entirely overkill for a puzzle platformer that does not utilize advanced shading or physics.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured data, the optimal preset for this combination is High settings at 1440p or 4K. At 4K High, the average frame rate is 123 FPS, which is above the 120Hz refresh rate standard for many high-end monitors. For players with a 144Hz display, the 1440p High preset, delivering 195 FPS average, is the better choice, as it provides a substantial margin above the refresh rate and ensures that any frame time spikes will not cause perceptible stuttering.

The Ultra preset offers no tangible benefit over High for this game. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 117, which is only 6 FPS lower than High, but the visual difference between the two presets is likely negligible given the game's art style. The data suggests that Ultra is not worth the performance cost, as the High preset already delivers a fluid experience at all resolutions. The Medium preset is a viable alternative for those seeking even higher frame rates, with 4K Medium producing 196 FPS average, but the visual downgrade is unnecessary given the hardware's capability.

For competitive play, where frame rate is paramount, the Low preset at 1080p delivers 317 FPS average, which is near the practical limit for most displays. However, given that this is a single-player puzzle platformer, there is no competitive advantage to be gained from such high frame rates. The recommendation is to prioritize visual quality with the High preset, as the system has ample performance to maintain high frame rates without compromising visual fidelity. The 4K High setting is the sweet spot, offering a 123 FPS average that is both visually impressive and smooth.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the performance is exceptionally high across all presets. The Low preset achieves an average of 317 FPS, while the Medium preset reaches 293 FPS with a minimum of 249 FPS and a maximum of 337 FPS. The High preset produces 244 FPS average, and the Ultra preset comes in at 240 FPS average. The difference between High and Ultra at this resolution is only 4 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset is not significantly more demanding on the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain elevated. The Low preset delivers 284 FPS average, the Medium preset achieves 262 FPS with a minimum of 223 FPS and a maximum of 302 FPS, the High preset produces 195 FPS, and the Ultra preset yields 186 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is more pronounced at the higher quality presets, with High losing 49 FPS and Ultra losing 54 FPS, while Low only loses 33 FPS and Medium loses 31 FPS. This suggests that the higher quality presets involve more GPU-intensive effects that scale with resolution.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are still very playable. The Low preset achieves 244 FPS average, the Medium preset reaches 196 FPS with a minimum of 167 FPS and a maximum of 226 FPS, the High preset produces 123 FPS, and the Ultra preset yields 117 FPS. The performance gap between High and Ultra narrows further at this resolution, with only a 6 FPS difference. The Medium preset at 4K is notably strong, offering a 196 FPS average that is significantly higher than High, suggesting that the Medium preset is more efficiently optimized for high-resolution rendering.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. It features 64 MB of L3 cache and supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration. These specifications are formidable for a 2020 processor, and they are entirely sufficient for Inside, a game that was designed to run on hardware from its 2016 release era.

The game's reliance on CPU performance is evident in the resolution scaling data. The fact that the frame rate drops significantly from 1080p to 1440p to 4K, even at Low settings, suggests that the CPU is still able to feed the GPU with enough draw calls to keep it busy. However, the absolute frame rates are so high that the CPU is never the limiting factor in a way that would cause a poor experience. The single-thread performance of the Ryzen 9 5900X, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 941 and Geekbench single-core score of 2083, is more than adequate for this game's logic and physics.

The multi-threaded performance of the CPU is largely irrelevant for this title, as the game likely does not scale well beyond a few cores. The 12 cores and 24 threads provide a massive amount of parallel processing power, but the game's engine is from an era where quad-core CPUs were the norm. The benchmark results show that the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities, such as a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16262 and a Passmark multi-thread score of 39002, are impressive, but they do not translate directly into higher frame rates in Inside. The CPU's 87th percentile ranking against all CPUs confirms that it is a top-tier processor, but its performance in this game is constrained by the software's own limitations rather than the hardware's capabilities.