Inside

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this CPU/GPU combo in Inside at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 produces an average of 159 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the frame rate scale when moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, the average drops from 266 FPS at 1920x1080 to 120 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of 146 FPS. The 4K result also shows a minimum of 102 FPS and a maximum of 138 FPS.

Q: Which resolution provides the highest average frame rate for this combination?

A: The highest average is 333 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is more than double the 4K Low average of 150 FPS.

Q: What is the rank of this combo among all tested combinations in Inside?

A: The combo ranks 1411 out of 2887 tested combinations, placing it in the middle of the tested pool.

Q: Does the GPU have enough VRAM for this game at high resolutions?

A: The GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. Benchmark results show playable averages at all tested resolutions, including 75 FPS at 4K High, indicating the memory capacity is sufficient for this title.

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

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X3D has an average benchmark score of 54762, which is 0.6% lower than the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF's score of 55093.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process node. It operates at a base clock of 1830 MHz and boosts up to 2460 MHz. The GPU has 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units, along with 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores. Its FP32 compute throughput is 15.11 TFLOPS, with a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s.

The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 2125 MHz with 17 Gbps effective speed. This configuration is paired with a 115 W TDP and a 300 W suggested PSU. The card uses a dual-slot design with a 1x 12-pin power connector.

In Inside, the GPU's role becomes evident through the frame rate scaling across settings. At 3840x2160, the difference between Low and Ultra settings is substantial: 150 FPS at Low versus 72 FPS at Ultra. This 78 FPS gap indicates that the GPU's shading and texture units are heavily utilized when graphical fidelity increases. The Medium setting at 4K shows an average of 120 FPS with a minimum of 102 FPS and maximum of 138 FPS, demonstrating that the card can maintain relatively consistent frame pacing even under moderate load.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor in this puzzle platformer. Even at 4K Ultra, the game runs at 72 FPS average, which suggests the memory footprint remains within the available capacity. The GPU's 128-bit memory bus and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the textures and effects used in Inside's environment.

The RTX 4060's position in the broader GPU landscape is reflected in its percentile ranking of 61 among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 17639 places it near the AMD Radeon HD 7790, which scores 17666 (a 0.2% difference), and the AMD Radeon 780M at 17588 (0.3% higher for the 4060). These close scores indicate that the 4060's raw compute capabilities are comparable to those integrated and older discrete solutions, though its feature set and efficiency may differ.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Inside reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU workload shifts across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 333 FPS at Low settings, which drops to 159 FPS at Ultra. This 174 FPS spread at 1080p suggests the CPU has ample headroom to feed the GPU, and the frame rate is primarily dictated by the GPU's rendering workload at higher settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low setting average is 239 FPS, while Ultra averages 114 FPS. The reduction from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is 94 FPS, a 28% decrease. For Ultra, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 45 FPS, a 28% decrease as well. This consistent proportional scaling indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the pixel count increases.

At 3840x2160, the Low setting yields 150 FPS, and Ultra drops to 72 FPS. The scaling from 1440p to 4K at Low settings shows a 89 FPS reduction (37% lower), while Ultra sees a 42 FPS reduction (37% lower). Again, the proportional decreases are similar across settings, reinforcing that resolution scaling affects the GPU workload uniformly.

The pattern across all three resolutions shows that the frame rate roughly halves when going from Low to Ultra at each resolution. At 1080p, the ratio is 333 to 159 (2.09x). At 1440p, it is 239 to 114 (2.10x). At 4K, it is 150 to 72 (2.08x). This consistency indicates that the game's settings scale the GPU workload in a linear fashion, and the CPU is not introducing a variable bottleneck at any tested resolution.

The Medium setting data provides additional insight into frame consistency. At 1920x1080 Medium, the average is 266 FPS with a minimum of 226 and maximum of 306, a spread of 80 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average is 192 FPS with a minimum of 163 and maximum of 220, a spread of 57 FPS. At 3840x2160 Medium, the average is 120 FPS with a minimum of 102 and maximum of 138, a spread of 36 FPS. The narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests that the frame pacing becomes more consistent when the GPU is more heavily loaded, likely because the workload per frame is larger and more predictable.

This scaling behavior indicates that the RTX 4060 is the limiting component across all tested configurations. The CPU's high single-thread and multi-thread performance, as shown in its benchmark scores, is more than sufficient to drive this GPU in a game like Inside, which has relatively modest computational demands.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D paired with the RTX 4060 delivers its highest frame rates. With Low settings, the average is 333 FPS. Medium settings produce an average of 266 FPS, with a minimum of 226 FPS and a maximum of 306 FPS. High settings yield 167 FPS average, while Ultra settings reduce the average to 159 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is only 8 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the highest preset.

At 2560x1440, the same settings hierarchy applies. Low settings average 239 FPS. Medium settings average 192 FPS, with a minimum of 163 FPS and a maximum of 220 FPS. High settings produce 120 FPS average, and Ultra settings drop to 114 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 1440p is 6 FPS, even smaller than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, Low settings still manage 150 FPS average. Medium settings average 120 FPS, with a minimum of 102 FPS and a maximum of 138 FPS. High settings yield 75 FPS average, and Ultra settings produce 72 FPS average. The High to Ultra delta at 4K is only 3 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects have minimal impact on performance at this resolution.

Across all resolutions, the Medium setting consistently provides the only complete data with minimum and maximum values. This suggests that Medium is perhaps the most commonly tested preset, or that the measurement methodology captures full frame ranges only for this setting. The minimum-to-maximum spreads at Medium are 80 FPS at 1080p, 57 FPS at 1440p, and 36 FPS at 4K, showing tighter frame delivery as resolution increases.

The data reveals that this combo can comfortably handle Inside at high refresh rates. Even at 4K Ultra, the 72 FPS average exceeds the standard 60 FPS threshold. At 1440p Ultra, the 114 FPS average is well-suited for 120 Hz displays. At 1080p Ultra, the 159 FPS average approaches the refresh rate of 165 Hz monitors, and the Low preset at 333 FPS exceeds most display capabilities.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 1411 out of 2887 tested combinations in Inside. This places it near the middle of the tested pool, at roughly the 49th percentile of all combos. The ranking reflects the balance between the high-end CPU and mid-range GPU, with the GPU likely being the limiting factor for this specific game.

The CPU's individual benchmark performance is strong, with an average benchmark score of 54762 and a percentile rank of 91 among all CPUs. This indicates that the processor outperforms 91% of CPUs in general compute tasks. However, the GPU's percentile rank of 61 places it below the CPU's relative standing. The 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus position the RTX 4060 as a capable but not top-tier GPU.

The game's modest graphical requirements mean that the combo's ranking is likely driven more by the GPU's capabilities than the CPU's. Inside is a puzzle platformer with relatively simple geometry and lighting, so a mid-range GPU can achieve high frame rates, as evidenced by the 4K High average of 75 FPS. The CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads are likely underutilized in this title, as the game may not be parallelized to take advantage of many cores.

The combo's rank of 1411 out of 2887 suggests that there are 1410 combinations that perform better and 1476 that perform worse. This positioning indicates that the combo delivers above-average performance for the tested pool, but it is not among the top performers. The high CPU performance combined with mid-tier GPU performance produces a system that can handle Inside at high settings across all resolutions, but it does not dominate the rankings due to the GPU's constraints.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is a 12-core, 24-thread processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It uses a 4 nm process node from TSMC, with a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The CPU has 128 MB of L3 cache, with 80 KB of L1 cache per core and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. It supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s.

In benchmark tests, the CPU shows strong multi-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 47737, and its single-core score is 6739. The Geekbench multi-core score is 22884, with a single-core score of 3041. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 12490, while the max-threads score is 13795. These scores indicate substantial computational headroom for most workloads.

For Inside, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and handle game logic. The game's puzzle platformer genre typically does not require extensive physics calculations or complex AI, so the CPU's high single-thread performance, evidenced by its PassMark single-thread score of 4646, is likely sufficient to avoid bottlenecks. The multi-threaded capabilities, shown by the PassMark multi-thread score of 56154, may not be fully utilized by this title.

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for its performance. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF has an average score of 55093, which is 0.6% higher than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D's 54762. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K scores 54053, which is 1.3% lower. The Intel Xeon 6505P scores 53701 (2% lower), and the Intel Core i7-14700F scores 53620 (2.1% lower). These close margins indicate that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is competitive with these processors in overall benchmark performance, despite differences in core counts and architectures.

In the context of Inside, the CPU's performance is more than adequate. The frame rates achieved across all resolutions and settings are primarily limited by the GPU, as evidenced by the consistent proportional scaling with resolution changes. The CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads provide ample processing power for the game's demands, and its high boost clock ensures responsive single-threaded performance. The 128 MB L3 cache likely helps with any data-intensive operations the game may perform, though the specific impact is not measurable from the provided data.