Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a puzzle platformer that is far more demanding on frame rates than its minimalist aesthetic suggests. The measured data shows this pairing is capable of triple-digit frame rates at every tested resolution and quality setting, placing it in the top tier of all tested configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data reveals a clear hierarchy across the four tested quality presets, with the most significant performance gap occurring between Low and Medium settings. At 1080p, the system produces 320.5 FPS on Low, which drops to 294.5 FPS on Medium, a modest 26 FPS reduction. The jump from Medium to High costs another 46.9 FPS, landing at 247.6 FPS, while Ultra brings the total down to 236.7 FPS. This pattern suggests that the High preset offers the best balance for most users, as it maintains a 247.6 FPS average at 1080p while providing substantially better visual quality than Medium.

For 1440p gaming, the High preset again emerges as the sweet spot. The measured 178.7 FPS at High is still well above the refresh rate of even the fastest high-refresh monitors, while Low and Medium produce 286.5 FPS and 261.6 FPS respectively. The Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 170.3 FPS, which remains playable but begins to approach the threshold where frame time consistency might matter more than raw average FPS.

At 4K, the recommendation shifts toward Medium. The High preset produces 110.4 FPS, which is excellent for 4K, but Medium delivers 179.6 FPS—a 62.7% improvement over High—while the visual difference in a game like Inside is likely minimal due to its stark, high-contrast art style. Ultra at 4K drops to 105.8 FPS, which is still smooth but offers no meaningful advantage over High given the game's visual simplicity. The Low preset at 4K produces 223.3 FPS, proving this hardware is rarely constrained by the GPU at lower settings.

GPU Role

The RTX 5070's specifications explain why this combination performs so well. The GPU features a 2325 MHz base clock and 2512 MHz boost clock, paired with 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These figures indicate a card designed for high-throughput rendering, which aligns with the measured frame rates exceeding 300 FPS at 1080p Low.

The GPU's 80 ROPs and 192 TMUs handle pixel and texture throughput efficiently, with a pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s. The 6144 shading units provide the raw compute horsepower needed for Inside's lighting and particle effects, which are deceptively complex despite the game's simple presentation. The 30.87 TFLOPS FP32 performance is more than sufficient for this title, as evidenced by the GPU percentile rank of 83 among all tested GPUs.

The RTX 5070's memory configuration deserves particular attention in this context. The 12 GB frame buffer is ample for Inside at any resolution, and the GDDR7 memory's 28 Gbps effective speed ensures that bandwidth never becomes a bottleneck. This is reflected in the performance scaling between resolutions: the card maintains high frame rates even at 4K Ultra, suggesting the memory subsystem is not limiting in this workload.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K reveals where the bottleneck lies in this combination. At High settings, the system produces 247.6 FPS at 1080p, which falls to 178.7 FPS at 1440p (a 27.8% reduction) and then to 110.4 FPS at 4K (a 55.4% reduction from 1080p). This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound workload, where increasing pixel count directly impacts frame rate.

However, the scaling at Low settings tells a different story. From 320.5 FPS at 1080p to 286.5 FPS at 1440p (a 10.6% drop) and 223.3 FPS at 4K (a 30.3% drop), the performance penalty is significantly smaller. This suggests that at lower quality settings, the CPU begins to play a larger role, particularly at 1080p where the 5950X's single-thread performance becomes more relevant. The Ryzen 9 5950X's 3.40 GHz base clock and 4.90 GHz boost clock provide strong single-core performance, as reflected in its 5450 Cinebench R23 single-core score.

The Medium preset shows an interesting middle ground. At 4K, Medium produces 179.6 FPS compared to 294.5 FPS at 1080p, a 39% reduction. This larger drop compared to Low suggests that the GPU is increasingly stressed as more visual effects are enabled, but the CPU still has headroom to spare. The Ultra preset shows the most consistent scaling across resolutions, with 236.7 FPS at 1080p transitioning to 105.8 FPS at 4K—a 55.3% reduction that closely mirrors the High preset's pattern.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum frame rate achievable with this hardware?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 320.5 at 1080p with Low settings. At 4K, the maximum is 223.3 FPS also with Low settings.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 5070's average benchmark score of 41687 is 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 5300, 0.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, and 0.7% lower than the AMD Radeon Pro 580X. It ranks in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs.

Q: Is the Ryzen 9 5950X a bottleneck for the RTX 5070 in this game?

A: The CPU's percentile rank of 93 among all CPUs, combined with its 38607 Cinebench R23 multi-core score, suggests it provides ample processing power. The resolution scaling data indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher settings, not the CPU.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, High produces 247.6 FPS while Ultra produces 236.7 FPS, a difference of 10.9 FPS. At 4K, the gap narrows to 4.6 FPS (110.4 vs 105.8).

Q: How does the combo rank overall?

A: The combo ranks 334th out of 1671 tested combinations, placing it in the top 20% of all configurations.

Q: Does the game support high refresh rates at 4K?

A: Yes. Even at Ultra settings, the system maintains 105.8 FPS at 4K, which exceeds the refresh rate of most 4K monitors. At Medium settings, 4K reaches 179.6 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination ranks 334th out of 1671 tested combos, placing it in the 80th percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects the harmonious pairing of the 5950X and RTX 5070, where neither component significantly limits the other in Inside. The CPU's strong single-thread performance—evidenced by its 5450 Cinebench R23 single-core score—complements the GPU's high throughput, allowing the system to reach frame rates that exceed what most displays can show.

The rank is particularly impressive given the game's age and optimization profile. Inside released in 2016, yet this hardware still delivers 236.7 FPS at 1080p Ultra and 110.4 FPS at 4K High. The data shows the combo performs best at lower resolutions and settings where the CPU's capabilities shine, but it also handles 4K Ultra with triple-digit frame rates, demonstrating that the 12 GB VRAM and 672.0 GB/s bandwidth are more than adequate for this workload.

When compared to other tested combos, this pairing sits above the median by a substantial margin. The 5950X's average benchmark score of 49062 places it nearly identical to the Intel Core i5-14600K (delta of -0.2%) and Intel Core i5-14600KF (delta of -0.6%), while the RTX 5070's 41687 average score closely matches the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (0.6% delta). This suggests the combo's high rank comes from the balanced performance of both components working together, rather than one component carrying the load.