Inside

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 856th out of 1,671 tested combinations in Inside. This places the combo in the middle of the database, at roughly the 51st percentile of all tested pairings. The ranking reflects a peculiar matchup: a flagship 16-core, 32-thread desktop processor with a 128 MB shared L3 cache and 4 nm Zen 5 architecture, paired with an entry-level Ada Lovelace GPU that sits at the 66th percentile among all GPUs.

The CPU itself is exceptionally strong, scoring 59,712 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 8,430 in single-core, with a 96th percentile ranking against all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmark score include the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 (0.9% higher), the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (1.8% higher), and the Intel Core i7-14700KF (2.2% higher). The GPU, meanwhile, posts a Passmark G3D score of 19,545 and an average benchmark score of 23,181, which places it just 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti in aggregate GPU benchmarks.

The combo's mid-pack ranking in Inside is unsurprising given that this is a 2016 puzzle platformer with modest graphical demands. The data indicates that the RTX 4060 is the performance limiter in most scenarios, while the 9950X3D's immense compute headroom goes largely unused. This is a case where raw CPU horsepower does not translate into a top-tier game ranking because the title's rendering workload is comparatively light. The combination is competitive but not exceptional, landing in the same territory as many mid-range CPU plus mid-range GPU pairings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the AD107 chip using TSMC's 5 nm process, with 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory sits on a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The card features 3,072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, 48 raster operation pipelines, 24 ray tracing cores, and 96 tensor cores, with a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is rated at 15.11 TFLOPS.

In Inside, the GPU's role is to manage the game's side-scrolling 3D environments, which feature dynamic lighting and atmospheric effects. The measured FPS data shows the GPU handling all tested settings without dropping below 73.4 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is well within playable territory. The RTX 4060's 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for this title at all resolutions, as Inside does not demand large texture pools. The 128-bit memory bus, while narrow by modern standards, does not bottleneck performance here because the game's memory footprint is modest.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 66th among all GPUs, combined with its average benchmark score of 23,181, places it just 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti in aggregate tests. The data indicates that the RTX 4060 is not the limiting factor at 1080p or 1440p in Inside, but at 4K Ultra, the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth constraints become apparent, as the frame rate drops to 73.4 FPS. The card's 115 W TDP and dual-slot design make it a power-efficient choice, but its end-of-life production status and 299 USD launch MSRP position it as a mainstream offering rather than a high-end part.

FAQ

*Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in Inside?*

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 ranks 856th out of 1,671 tested combos in this game.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in aggregate benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 9 9950X3D scores 71,660 on average, which is 0.9% behind the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 (71,056), 1.8% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (70,420), and 2.2% ahead of the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70,104).

Q: What is the GPU's aggregate benchmark performance relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4060's average benchmark score of 23,181 is 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,321), 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (23,338), 0.7% ahead of the Intel Arc B580 (23,021), and 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon 760M (22,999).

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest recorded average is 335.1 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The lowest recorded average is 73.4 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the GPU's memory bandwidth affect performance in this game?

A: The 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth on a 128-bit bus is sufficient for Inside, as evidenced by the game maintaining 74.4 FPS at 4K High and 73.4 FPS at 4K Ultra, with no frame drops below playable levels.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160) across four quality settings (Low, Medium, High, and Ultra). All results are average FPS values; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded.

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 335.1 FPS on Low, 266.4 FPS on Medium, 169.2 FPS on High, and 156.1 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra is 179.0 FPS, indicating that the GPU scales well with settings changes at this resolution. The difference between High and Ultra is just 13.1 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the highest quality preset.

At 2560x1440, performance drops to 241.8 FPS on Low, 193.4 FPS on Medium, 122.4 FPS on High, and 113.5 FPS on Ultra. The transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces frame rates by 27.8% on Low, 27.4% on Medium, 27.7% on High, and 27.3% on Ultra. This consistent reduction across settings indicates that the GPU is handling the increased pixel count uniformly, with no single setting causing an unusual bottleneck.

At 3840x2160, the combo produces 149.2 FPS on Low, 119.7 FPS on Medium, 74.4 FPS on High, and 73.4 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1440p to 4K is substantial: 38.3% on Low, 38.1% on Medium, 39.2% on High, and 35.3% on Ultra. The near-identical performance between High (74.4 FPS) and Ultra (73.4 FPS) at 4K suggests that the GPU is hitting a compute or bandwidth ceiling, as increasing settings beyond High yields almost no frame rate penalty—but also no headroom.

The data shows that at 1080p and 1440p, the combo can maintain well above 100 FPS even at Ultra settings, making it suitable for high-refresh-rate displays. At 4K, the combo remains playable across all settings, with the lowest result being 73.4 FPS at Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU limitation. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the frame rate drops by approximately 27-28% across all settings. This is close to the theoretical pixel count increase of 77.8% (from 2.07 million to 3.69 million pixels), but the actual frame rate reduction is less severe, indicating that the CPU is contributing to performance at lower resolutions.

From 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, the frame rate drops by 35-39% across settings. The pixel count increases by 125% (from 3.69 million to 8.29 million pixels), yet the frame rate reduction is proportionally smaller, suggesting that the GPU is becoming the primary limiter. At 4K, the RTX 4060's 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are stretched, particularly at High and Ultra settings where the difference between 74.4 FPS and 73.4 FPS is negligible.

The scaling behavior indicates that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has ample headroom at all resolutions. The CPU's 16 cores and 32 threads, with a boost clock of 5.70 GHz, are more than sufficient for Inside's puzzle platformer workload. The limiting component is clearly the GPU, especially at 4K where the frame rate ceiling is around 74 FPS regardless of whether High or Ultra settings are selected. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 335.1 FPS, which is likely near the game's engine limit or the GPU's rendering capacity, rather than a CPU constraint.

The data suggests that for this specific game, the 9950X3D's performance is largely irrelevant to the final frame rate, as the RTX 4060 dominates the scaling curve. The 4K results, where High and Ultra produce nearly identical FPS, are the clearest indicator that the GPU is saturated. Conversely, the 1080p results, where Low produces more than double the frame rate of Ultra (335.1 vs. 156.1 FPS), show that the GPU has headroom at lower settings but is fully utilized at higher quality presets.