Inside

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER delivers a decisive performance profile in Inside, a 2016 Puzzle Platformer. The measured data shows this combination achieves extremely high frame rates across all tested resolutions, with performance characteristics that shift from GPU-bound at 4K to heavily CPU-bound at 1080p. This analysis breaks down the scaling behavior, competitive positioning, and component roles based strictly on the measured results.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data reveals a clear and predictable pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases, but the magnitude of that drop tells a specific story about system bottlenecks. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces an average of 435 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low reduces this to 386.5 FPS, a drop of approximately 11%. At 4K Low, the average falls to 262.4 FPS, which is 39.7% lower than the 1080p Low result. This scaling indicates that at lower resolutions, the graphics card has ample headroom, and the CPU’s single-thread and multi-thread capabilities are the limiting factors.

The scaling curve steepens significantly at higher settings. With High settings, the frame rate drops from 290.1 FPS at 1080p to 212.3 FPS at 1440p (a 26.8% reduction), and then to 133.9 FPS at 4K (a 53.8% reduction from 1080p). The Ultra preset shows similar behavior: 280.8 FPS at 1080p, 200.9 FPS at 1440p, and 124.9 FPS at 4K. The fact that the gap between 1080p and 1440p is relatively modest (around 26-28% for High and Ultra) suggests that the CPU is still heavily involved at 1440p, while the larger drop to 4K (over 50%) indicates the GPU becomes the primary constraint at that resolution.

Notably, the difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p is only 35.4% (435 vs 280.8 FPS), which is a smaller spread than the resolution scaling. This implies that Inside is not particularly demanding on pixel shaders or texture fill rates, but rather on draw call throughput and physics, which are CPU responsibilities. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 816.0 GTexel/s texture rate are more than sufficient for this game’s visual load, so the frame rate ceiling at 1080p is set by the processor.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific pairing of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and RTX 4080 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 29 out of 1671 tested combinations for Inside. This places the system in the top 1.7% of all recorded configurations, which is an exceptional result for a game that is not particularly new. The percentile versus all CPUs for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is 96, and the GPU percentile versus all GPUs is 88, indicating that both components individually sit near the top of their respective hierarchies.

The CPU’s nearest rivals provide context for its raw performance. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D has an average benchmark score of 71660, which is 0.9% higher than the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 (avg score 71056), 1.8% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (avg score 70420), and 2.2% higher than the Intel Core i7-14700KF (avg score 70104). However, it trails the Intel Xeon 6517P by 1.9% (which scores 73050). These deltas are small, suggesting that in CPU-bound scenarios like 1080p Low in Inside, any of these processors would deliver similar frame rates, and the 9950X3D’s 128 MB of shared L3 cache does not provide a dramatic advantage in this title.

For the GPU, the RTX 4080 SUPER’s average benchmark score is 53610, placing it 0.2% above the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (53489) and 0.4% above the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (53414). It leads the AMD Radeon RX 7700S by 2.1% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti by 2.9%. These margins are minimal, meaning the GPU is not a differentiator at 1080p or 1440p where the CPU limits performance, but at 4K Ultra, the 124.9 FPS average is still high enough to make the choice between these GPUs irrelevant for smooth gameplay.

FAQ

*Q: What is the maximum average frame rate achievable with this combo in Inside?*

A: The highest recorded average is 435 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This represents the absolute ceiling for this configuration in the measured data.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average frame rate is 124.9 FPS, which is 55.5% lower than the 280.8 FPS recorded at 1080p Ultra. This large drop indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for high frame rates in this game?

A: The data suggests the CPU is the primary bottleneck at 1080p and 1440p. For instance, at 1440p Low, the combo hits 386.5 FPS, while at 4K Low it drops to 262.4 FPS, but the difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is only 35.4%, pointing to CPU limitations on draw calls.

*Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested systems for Inside?*

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combo ranks 29th out of 1671 tested combinations, placing it in the top 1.7% of all configurations.

Q: Does the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 16 GB VRAM become a limiting factor at any tested setting?

A: No, the 16 GB of GDDR6X memory with 736.3 GB/s bandwidth is far beyond what Inside requires, as evidenced by the high frame rates even at 4K Ultra (124.9 FPS). The game’s 2016 release date means its texture budgets are modest.

Q: How does the CPU’s multi-threaded performance influence results at lower resolutions?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 435 FPS, which is likely near the engine’s threading limit. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score of 59712 and PassMark multithread score of 70255 indicate strong parallel capability, but Inside is not heavily multi-threaded, so single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 8430) is more relevant.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates are organized by resolution and settings, with all values representing average FPS. No minimum or maximum frame rate data is available.

At 1920x1080, the combo produces 435 FPS at Low, 400.1 FPS at Medium, 290.1 FPS at High, and 280.8 FPS at Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 35.4% total reduction, with the largest single step being from Medium to High (a 27.5% drop from 400.1 to 290.1 FPS). This suggests that High settings introduce a significant increase in shading complexity or geometry that the CPU must process.

At 2560x1440, the results are 386.5 FPS at Low, 337.2 FPS at Medium, 212.3 FPS at High, and 200.9 FPS at Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 12.8%, which is smaller than the 37.1% drop from Medium to High. This pattern repeats across resolutions, indicating that the High preset is a major inflection point for GPU load.

At 3840x2160, the average frame rates are 262.4 FPS at Low, 209.9 FPS at Medium, 133.9 FPS at High, and 124.9 FPS at Ultra. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 6.7%, which is the smallest gap between any two consecutive settings at any resolution. This indicates that the Ultra preset adds minimal additional GPU work over High, and the system is already near its performance ceiling for this game at 4K.

The overall pattern across all resolutions is that Low and Medium settings are CPU-bound, while High and Ultra settings shift the bottleneck toward the GPU. The 4K Ultra result of 124.9 FPS is still well above the 60 FPS threshold, making this combo overkill for Inside at any settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process at TSMC, containing 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. Its base clock is 2295 MHz, boosting to 2550 MHz, and it features 10240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. The memory subsystem consists of 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications are far in excess of what Inside requires, as the game’s 2016 release date predates modern rendering techniques like ray tracing or heavy use of tensor cores.

In practice, the GPU’s role in this benchmark is primarily to render the game’s 2.5D side-scrolling environments at high pixel rates. The pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s are more than sufficient for the game’s art style, which uses simple geometric shapes and limited particle effects. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s percentile rank of 88 versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610, confirms it is a high-end part, but its nearest rivals (RX 6900 XT at 53489, Pro W6600M at 53414) are within 0.4% of its score, making the GPU a non-factor in differentiating performance at lower resolutions.

The GPU’s memory capacity of 16 GB is never stressed, as evidenced by the minimal frame rate difference between 4K High (133.9 FPS) and 4K Ultra (124.9 FPS). The 23 Gbps effective memory speed and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth handle the game’s texture streaming effortlessly. The boost clock of 2550 MHz, while high, does not need to sustain maximum frequency to achieve these results; the game is not compute-intensive enough to push the GPU to its thermal limits. The measured data shows that the GPU only becomes the bottleneck at 4K, where the frame rates drop below 200 FPS, but even then, the lowest result (124.9 FPS at 4K Ultra) is comfortably playable on high-refresh displays. The GPU’s end-of-life production status and 999 USD launch MSRP do not impact its in-game performance, which remains excellent for this title.