Inside

# Inside — Intel Core i5-11400F + AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far from demanding by modern standards. Across all tested resolutions and settings, this combo never dips below 89 FPS average, making it a thoroughly overpowered pairing for this title. The data shows a system that is GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but at 1080p, even the modest six-core processor keeps pace with the Radeon's output.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average frame rate this combo achieves in Inside?*

A: The highest recorded average is 273 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The same resolution at Medium settings yields 252 FPS, High settings produce 208 FPS, and Ultra settings drop slightly to 198 FPS.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average frame rate falls to 89 FPS. This is the lowest average across the entire test matrix, yet it remains comfortably playable.

Q: Is the RX 7800 XT's 16 GB of VRAM a factor in this game?

A: No. Inside is a lightweight title with simple textures and geometry. The 16 GB GDDR6 memory on the RX 7800 XT is vastly more than required; the game's performance is dictated by rendering pipeline efficiency, not memory capacity.

*Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations in Inside?*

A: The combo ranks 1429 out of 3716 tested combos, placing it in the top 38% of all configurations. This is a strong result, though not top-tier, given the game's age and the hardware's capabilities.

Q: How does the Core i5-11400F compare to its nearest rival in CPU benchmarks?

A: The i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17177, which is 0.3% higher than the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120) and 0.6% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074). It trails the Intel Core i5-12450H by 0.4% (17239).

Q: Does the game show a preference for the CPU or GPU in this pairing?

A: At 1080p, the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as frame rates scale dramatically with resolution. The CPU provides ample headroom; its 6 cores and 12 threads are far beyond what Inside requires.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the high frame rates observed. Built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture (Navi 32 chip) using a 5 nm process at TSMC, the GPU features 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. Its boost clock reaches 2430 MHz, with a game clock of 2124 MHz and a base clock of 1295 MHz.

Memory configuration is substantial: 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 624.1 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 2438 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective). For Inside, these figures are overkill. The game's visual style — monochromatic silhouettes, simple lighting, and minimal particle effects — places trivial demands on the GPU's compute resources. The pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 583.2 GTexel/s are far above what this title can utilize.

The GPU's FP32 performance of 37.32 TFLOPS, combined with DirectX 12 Ultimate support, ensures that even at 4K Ultra, the card maintains 89 FPS. The data indicates that the RX 7800 XT is never the limiting factor in this game; even at the lowest settings (273 FPS at 1080p), the card is not fully saturated. The 60 ray tracing cores are irrelevant here, as Inside does not use ray-traced effects. The GPU's 51st percentile ranking among all GPUs (average benchmark score 11627) reflects its mid-to-high-tier positioning, but in Inside, it performs like a top-tier part due to the game's low requirements.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rate scaling across resolutions reveals a classic GPU-bound pattern. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, the average FPS drops from 208 to 149, a 28% reduction. Scaling further to 3840x2160, the average falls to 94 FPS, a 37% reduction from 1440p. This consistent decline with increasing pixel count confirms that the RX 7800 XT's rendering throughput, not the CPU, determines performance at higher resolutions.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more pronounced: 273 FPS at 1080p, 244 FPS at 1440p (an 11% drop), and 188 FPS at 4K (a 23% drop from 1440p). The larger relative drops at lower settings indicate that the GPU is approaching its fill-rate limits, though still maintaining high absolute numbers. Medium settings show a similar trend: 252 FPS at 1080p, 226 FPS at 1440p, and 150 FPS at 4K.

Ultra settings produce the smallest absolute differences: 198 FPS at 1080p, 142 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result, at 89 FPS, represents the only sub-100 FPS average in the entire dataset. This suggests that while the GPU is the limiting component, the CPU still provides enough headroom to avoid bottlenecks even at 1080p Ultra, where the frame rate drops only 10% from the High setting. The data indicates that Inside is not CPU-sensitive; resolution scaling is smooth and predictable, a hallmark of GPU-bound rendering.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 273 FPS, with Medium at 252 FPS (min 214, max 290). High settings average 208 FPS, and Ultra settings average 198 FPS. The narrow gap between High and Ultra (10 FPS) suggests that Ultra's additional effects have minimal impact on the GPU's workload at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, performance remains excellent. Low settings average 244 FPS, Medium averages 226 FPS (min 192, max 259), High averages 149 FPS, and Ultra averages 142 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is only 18 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High is a substantial 77 FPS reduction, indicating that High settings introduce significantly more GPU work. Ultra adds only 7 FPS over High, showing diminishing returns from the highest preset.

At 3840x2160, the GPU begins to show its limits. Low settings average 188 FPS, Medium averages 150 FPS (min 128, max 173), High averages 94 FPS, and Ultra averages 89 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 5 FPS, while the gap between Low and Medium is 38 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 128 FPS indicates that even at 4K, frame pacing remains solid, with no sub-60 dips recorded. Across all resolutions, the Medium preset is the only one with min/max data, showing a consistent 45-50 FPS spread between minimum and maximum.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1429 out of 3716 tested combinations in Inside, placing it in the 61st percentile of all configurations. This is a strong showing, though not exceptional, given that many modern high-end CPUs and GPUs would rank higher. The rank reflects the balance between the i5-11400F and RX 7800 XT; the CPU's 71st percentile ranking among all CPUs (average benchmark score 17177) is higher than the GPU's 51st percentile, indicating that the processor is relatively stronger than the graphics card in this pairing.

The GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (11680, 0.5% higher), AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (11528, 0.9% lower), NVIDIA Tesla K20c (11479, 1.3% lower), and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (11842, 1.8% higher). Despite the RX 7800 XT's modern architecture and massive memory advantage, its average benchmark score is nearly identical to these older or lower-tier parts, which explains its middling percentile. In Inside, however, the card's high clock speeds and ample VRAM ensure that it outperforms these rivals by a wide margin, as the game does not stress memory bandwidth or compute density.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120, 0.3% lower), Intel Core i5-12450H (17239, 0.4% higher), AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17278, 0.6% higher), and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074, 0.6% lower). These scores are all within 1% of each other, showing that the i5-11400F's 6-core, 12-thread configuration is competitive with a wide range of modern processors in synthetic benchmarks. In Inside, this CPU headroom means the combo's rank is determined almost entirely by the GPU's performance.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F, part of the 11th Gen Core series (Rocket Lake architecture), provides 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 65 W TDP and 12 MB of shared L3 cache (with 80 KB L1 and 512 KB L2 per core) are more than sufficient for Inside. The processor's synthetic benchmark scores — Cinebench R23 multi-core at 14340 and single-core at 2024, Geekbench multi-core at 7737 and single-core at 1777 — indicate a balanced performer that excels in lightly threaded workloads.

In Inside, the CPU's role is minimal. The game's logic, physics, and rendering commands are simple, and the 6-core, 12-thread configuration ensures that no single thread becomes a bottleneck. The 3DMark multi-thread score of 5652 (max threads) and single-thread score of 868 show that the CPU can handle both parallel and serial workloads, but the game rarely stresses either. The Passmark multi-thread score of 16908 and single-thread score of 2981 further confirm that the processor has ample headroom.

The CPU's memory support for DDR4 with a dual-channel bus and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for feeding the GPU, though Inside's small memory footprint means this bandwidth is never fully utilized. The PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 lanes (CPU only) provides a high-bandwidth connection to the RX 7800 XT, but the game's low data requirements make this irrelevant. The 71st percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17177, places the i5-11400F as a solid mid-range performer. In this game, it never throttles or limits the GPU, as evidenced by the consistent frame rates across all settings. The CPU's boost clock of 4.40 GHz is likely sustained throughout gameplay, given the low thermal and power demands of the title.