Inside

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers a benchmark profile for Inside that is defined by extreme frame rates at every tested configuration, yet the scaling patterns reveal a nuanced interaction between the CPU and GPU. With average frame rates ranging from a low of 116.4 FPS at 4K Ultra to a high of 232 FPS at 1080p Low, this combination never approaches the limits of playability, but the percentage drops across resolutions illuminate which component governs performance under specific settings. The data indicates a system that is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s six cores and 12 threads become a more significant factor only when the graphical load is minimized.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K produces a substantial performance penalty, but the magnitude of that penalty is heavily dependent on the selected quality preset. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 178.4 FPS at 1920x1080 to 159.6 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of approximately 10.5%, and then to 120.9 FPS at 3840x2160, representing a further 24.3% drop from the 1440p figure. This cumulative decline of roughly 32.2% from 1080p to 4K at High settings indicates a growing reliance on the GPU’s rendering throughput as pixel count increases.

The scaling is more aggressive at the Low preset, where the frame rate drops from 232 FPS at 1080p to 211.1 FPS at 1440p, a 9.0% decrease, and then to 176.1 FPS at 4K, a 16.6% reduction from 1440p. The total loss from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 24.1%, which is smaller than the High preset’s loss. This counterintuitive result suggests that at Low settings, the workload is light enough for the CPU to begin influencing the upper ceiling of performance, particularly at 1080p where the 232 FPS result appears constrained by factors other than pure GPU fill rate.

Ultra settings show the most severe scaling, with a drop from 175.8 FPS at 1080p to 160 FPS at 1440p, a 9.0% decline, and then to 116.4 FPS at 4K, a 27.3% reduction from 1440p. The 4K Ultra figure is the lowest recorded in the entire dataset, confirming that this preset places the heaviest burden on the GPU’s compute and memory subsystems. Overall, the data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti scales predictably with resolution, but the narrowing gap between Low and High settings at lower resolutions points to the i5-10400F’s role as a secondary limiter.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the Intel Core i5-10400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves a rank of 756 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places the setup in the upper-middle tier of all configurations, which is notable given the game’s relatively modest system requirements. The percentile standing suggests that while this combo delivers excellent absolute performance, there are many other pairings that produce higher average frame rates in this title.

The CPU’s individual ranking against all processors is at the 73rd percentile, with an average benchmark score of 14168. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the AMD EPYC 7552, which scores 14115 and is 0.4% behind, and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C, which scores 14277 and is 0.8% ahead. The Intel Core i5-8500 scores 14332, placing it 1.1% higher, while the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 scores 14336, also 1.1% higher. These minute deltas indicate that the i5-10400F’s compute capability is well within the expected range for its class, but it does not stand out as a performance leader.

The GPU’s percentile ranking is higher, at the 85th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 44900. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, which scores 45152 and is 0.6% ahead, and the Intel Arc A730M, which scores 45592 and is 1.5% ahead. On the other side, the AMD Radeon Pro 580 scores 44195, placing it 1.6% behind, and the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT scores 45642, which is 1.6% ahead. The combination of a mid-tier CPU and a high-tier GPU explains the overall rank: the GPU carries the frame rate at higher resolutions, while the CPU prevents the combo from reaching the top echelons at lower settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 10th-generation desktop processor built on the Comet Lake architecture, featuring six cores and 12 threads. Its base clock is 2.90 GHz, with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, and it draws a 65 W TDP. The processor supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with a memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s, and it connects via PCIe Gen 3 with 16 lanes. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 10297 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1453 in single-core, while 3DMark results show 4748 for 16 threads and 688 for a single thread.

For Inside, a puzzle platformer that does not typically require massive thread counts, the i5-10400F’s six cores and 12 threads are adequate, but the benchmark results suggest they are not the primary driver of performance. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 232 FPS, which is the highest recorded value. This suggests that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU enough data to reach very high frame rates, but the fact that the 1080p Low result is only 11.2% higher than the 1080p Ultra result (175.8 FPS) indicates that the GPU is still the dominant factor even at the lightest settings.

The CPU’s single-thread performance, reflected in a Cinebench R15 score of 146 and a Geekbench single-core score of 1454, is sufficient for the game’s logic and physics, but its multi-thread scores, such as the Passmark multithread score of 12115, show that it does not excel in parallel workloads. The data implies that the i5-10400F is a capable but not exceptional partner for the RTX 4070 Ti in this title, providing a stable foundation without introducing bottlenecks at standard resolutions, but potentially capping performance when the GPU is underutilized at 1080p Low.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates are consistently high across all settings. The Low preset yields 232 FPS, Medium produces 212.7 FPS, High delivers 178.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 175.8 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is minimal at just 1.5%, suggesting that the Ultra preset’s additional effects are not heavily taxing the GPU at this resolution. The spread from Low to Ultra is 56.2 FPS, or 24.2% of the Low figure, which is a moderate range that indicates the GPU can easily handle the workload.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clearer separation between presets. Low settings produce 211.1 FPS, Medium achieves 191.1 FPS, High comes in at 159.6 FPS, and Ultra reaches 160 FPS. Notably, the High and Ultra results are nearly identical, with Ultra actually being 0.4 FPS higher, which is within measurement noise. The drop from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 51.1 FPS, or 24.2%, which is nearly identical to the 1080p percentage, indicating that the GPU is scaling consistently with resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance falls off more sharply. Low settings deliver 176.1 FPS, Medium produces 165.1 FPS, High drops to 120.9 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 116.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 59.7 FPS, or 33.9%, which is larger than the lower resolutions. This suggests that the Ultra preset’s pixel-heavy effects, such as post-processing and shadows, become significantly more demanding at 4K, and the GPU’s memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s and 12 GB of GDDR6X VRAM are being utilized more heavily.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units. The memory subsystem consists of 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The GPU’s compute capabilities are substantial, with an FP32 throughput of 40.09 TFLOPS and a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s.

In Inside, the RTX 4070 Ti’s role is clearly dominant, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. The GPU’s 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores are largely irrelevant for this title, which does not utilize ray tracing, but its raw rasterization power is more than sufficient. The measured frame rates at 4K Ultra, 116.4 FPS, are still far above the 60 FPS threshold, demonstrating that the GPU is not stressed even at the highest settings. The GPU’s percentile ranking of 85th among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 44900, confirms its high-end positioning, and its Passmark G3D score of 31624 reflects strong DirectX performance.

The GPU’s memory configuration is a critical factor at 4K, where the 12 GB VRAM and 192-bit bus are adequate for the game’s textures and buffers. The slight performance gap between High and Ultra at 4K, which is only 4.5 FPS, indicates that the GPU is not limited by memory capacity but rather by the additional shader work required by the Ultra preset. In synthetic tests, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 5024 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 and 205028 in Geekbench OpenCL, which are robust figures that align with its in-game performance. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti is the primary driver of frame rates in this combo, with the CPU playing a supporting role that only becomes noticeable at lower resolutions and settings.