Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a 2016 Puzzle Platformer. The data shows this pairing achieves extremely high frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings, with the primary bottleneck shifting from the GPU at 4K to the CPU at lower resolutions. The combo ranks in the top 23% of all tested configurations, reflecting a well-balanced system for this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with High settings?

A: The system delivers an average of 213.8 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings, indicating the game is easily playable on high-refresh-rate monitors.

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

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X scores 54,650 in the average benchmark, which is 0.4% lower than the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D's score of 54,681, making the performance difference negligible.

Q: What is the GPU's average benchmark score and percentile ranking?

A: The Radeon RX 6800 XT has an average benchmark score of 49,982 and ranks in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, placing it well above the majority of graphics cards.

Q: At which resolution does the frame rate drop below 100 FPS on Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 (4K) with Ultra settings, the average frame rate drops to 90 FPS, which is the only tested configuration falling below the 100 FPS mark.

Q: Does the CPU's single-thread performance matter for this game?

A: Yes, the Ryzen 9 9900X's single-thread score of 3,341 in Geekbench is crucial, as Inside is a puzzle platformer that relies heavily on single-core performance for game logic, evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth and capacity?

A: The Radeon RX 6800 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s, which is more than sufficient for this game's graphical demands.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is the dominant component at higher resolutions in Inside. At 4K, the GPU's workload becomes the limiting factor, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling. With a boost clock of 2250 MHz and a game clock of 2015 MHz, the GPU's RDNA 2.0 architecture with 4,608 shading units is tasked with rendering the game's atmospheric environments. The 16 GB of VRAM is a significant asset, ensuring that the game's textures and effects are fully cached without any memory-related stutters. The GPU's 512.0 GB/s memory bandwidth provides ample data throughput for the game's art style, which combines detailed sprites with dynamic lighting.

The benchmark data shows a clear GPU-bound scenario at 4K. At High settings, the average FPS is 94.5, which drops slightly to 90 FPS at Ultra. This narrow gap between High and Ultra suggests the GPU is already near its limit at this resolution, with the extra graphical fidelity of Ultra having a marginal impact. The GPU's performance at 4K Low settings, hitting 193.6 FPS, demonstrates that when the visual load is reduced, the card can still push very high frame rates even at this demanding resolution. The PassMark G3D score of 24,980 and a percentile ranking of 87% underscore its position as a high-end graphics solution, though its average benchmark score of 49,982 places it just 0.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A550M, indicating a close performance cluster at this tier.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the transition from a CPU-bound to a GPU-bound workload. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the system averages 213.8 FPS. This is more than double the 4K High result of 94.5 FPS, showing a significant performance drop as resolution increases. The data indicates that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p, as the frame rate ceiling is likely dictated by the processor's ability to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic updates.

At 1440p, the system averages 152 FPS on High settings. This represents a 29% decrease from 1080p, indicating that the GPU is starting to become more involved but the CPU still has headroom. Moving to 4K, the frame rate drops to 94.5 FPS, a further 38% decrease from 1440p. This steeper decline at 4K confirms that the GPU is now the primary bottleneck, as its rendering capabilities are saturated by the pixel count. The difference between Low and Ultra settings at 4K is telling: Low yields 193.6 FPS, while Ultra yields 90 FPS. This 103.6 FPS gap highlights that the GPU's compute units and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed by the game's highest graphical presets at this resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT ranks 376th out of 1,671 tested combos in Inside. This places the pairing in the top 22.5% of all configurations, a strong showing that reflects the high-end nature of both components. The ranking is likely boosted by the CPU's exceptional single-thread performance, which is critical for the game's physics and logic, and the GPU's ample VRAM and bandwidth for rendering.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 54,450 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, which scores 54,681 (a 0.4% difference). This suggests that the 3D V-Cache variant offers no tangible advantage in this game, as the standard 9900X's 12 cores and 24 threads are more than sufficient. On the GPU side, the RX 6800 XT's average score of 49,982 is 2.6% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's score of 48,704, indicating that the AMD card holds a slight edge in this specific workload. The combination of a top-quartile CPU and a high-percentile GPU results in a combo that sits comfortably above the median tested configuration.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 9 9900X's 12 cores and 24 threads are far more than Inside requires, given its age and genre. The game's release date in 2016 predates the widespread adoption of multi-threaded game engines, so the title likely relies heavily on single-thread performance. The CPU's base clock of 4.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz, combined with a Zen 5 architecture, provide exceptional single-core throughput. The Geekbench single-core score of 3,341 and the 3DMark single-thread score of 1,286 are indicative of this strength.

The benchmark results confirm that the CPU is the limiting factor at 1080p. At Low settings, the system achieves 426.7 FPS at 1080p, a figure that is almost certainly capped by the CPU's ability to process the game's logic and issue rendering commands. The fact that the frame rate remains very high at 1440p Low (306.7 FPS) further supports this, as the GPU has ample headroom at these settings. The CPU's 64 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth ensure that data is delivered to the cores without bottlenecks. While the CPU's PassMark multithread score of 54,643 and Cinebench R23 multicore score of 46,438 indicate massive parallel processing power, these are largely unused in Inside, where the single-threaded performance of the 5.60 GHz boost clock is the key driver of the high frame rates at lower resolutions.