Inside

The Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB combination lands at rank 702 out of 1,671 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database for this title. This pairing of a 6-core, 12-thread Rocket Lake processor with an Ada Lovelace GPU delivers the headroom needed for a 2D puzzle platformer, where the primary bottleneck is almost always the graphics card rather than the CPU. The data confirms that this combo is far more capable than the game’s demands, with even the most demanding preset at 4K remaining well above playable thresholds.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 702 out of 1,671 represents the 58th percentile of tested configurations, meaning roughly 42% of all recorded pairings outperform it in Inside. However, this ranking is heavily influenced by the CPU’s mid-range standing relative to other processors. The Core i5-11400F holds a 75th percentile ranking against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17,181. Its nearest rivals are clustered tightly: the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U scores 17,189 (0% delta), the Intel Core i7-1260P scores 17,212 (-0.2%), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U scores 17,215 (-0.2%). The i5-11400F is effectively a statistical tie with these chips, all within 0.2% of each other, which suggests that the CPU is not a differentiating factor in this combo’s rank.

The GPU, by contrast, holds a 17th percentile ranking against all GPUs—a much lower standing. Its average benchmark score of 2,913 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 is matched exactly by the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (0% delta), while the RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB scores 2,907 (0.2% higher) and the GTX 860M scores 2,959 (-1.5% lower). This means the RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB is competing with much older, lower-tier mobile GPUs in this specific benchmark, which drags the combo’s overall position down. In Inside, though, the game’s low graphical complexity means the GPU’s raw benchmark percentile is less indicative of real-world performance than in heavier titles.

GPU Role

The RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB is built on the AD106 chip using TSMC’s 5 nm process, with 22,900 million transistors on a 188 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 2,310 MHz and a boost clock of 2,535 MHz, with memory running at 2,250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The 8 GB GDDR6 memory sits on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth—modest by modern standards but ample for Inside, which is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a muted, monochromatic art style.

For this game, the GPU’s 4,352 shading units and 136 texture mapping units provide far more compute than necessary. The card’s FP32 throughput of 22.06 TFLOPS is the kind of figure that matters in GPU-bound 3D scenes, but Inside’s 2D environments and limited draw calls mean the card is rarely stressed. The 48 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 121.7 GPixel/s, which is more than enough to fill the frame at any resolution tested. The card’s 160 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for the 40-series, and its PCIe 4.0 x8 interface—though narrower than the x16 found on some rivals—does not appear to hinder performance in this title. The benchmark results show the GPU scaling predictably with settings: at 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 87.5 FPS, while at 4K, that gap narrows to 92.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor as pixel count rises, despite the game’s simplicity.

FAQ

*Q: Is this combo capable of running Inside at 4K with maximum settings?*

A: Yes. The data shows an average of 82.4 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU’s performance compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Core i5-11400F scores 17,181 on average, which is statistically identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17,189, 0% delta) and within 0.2% of the Intel Core i7-1260P and Core Ultra 7 164U.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain high frame rates?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the combo averages 142.1 FPS, while at 1920x1080 with the same settings, it reaches 194.9 FPS. For the highest refresh rates, 1080p is optimal, but 1440p still offers triple-digit averages.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM capacity limit performance in this game?

A: No. The highest VRAM demand comes from the 4K Ultra preset, which still yields 82.4 FPS, suggesting the 8 GB frame buffer is not a bottleneck for Inside’s art style.

Q: How does the GPU’s benchmark percentile affect its in-game performance?

A: The GPU sits at the 17th percentile against all GPUs, but in Inside, it delivers 273.5 FPS at 1080p Low. The low percentile reflects the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 workload, which is far more demanding than this game’s 2D rendering.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: The average FPS falls from 186.0 at 1080p to 82.4 at 4K, a reduction of 55.7%, which is more pronounced than at lower settings, indicating growing GPU dependency.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo starts at 273.5 FPS on Low, drops to 255.1 FPS on Medium, 194.9 FPS on High, and 186.0 FPS on Ultra. The step from Medium to High is the largest at 60.2 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra narrows to just 8.9 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns at the top end.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 245.3 FPS on Low, 224.3 FPS on Medium, 142.1 FPS on High, and 133.0 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Medium to High is a steep 82.2 FPS, which is the single largest settings-based jump in the entire dataset. At 3840x2160, performance remains respectable: 175.3 FPS on Low, 143.2 FPS on Medium, 87.9 FPS on High, and 82.4 FPS on Ultra. The gap between High and Ultra at 4K is only 5.5 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset’s additional effects have minimal impact on this hardware.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently delivers more than double the frame rate of Ultra at 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the ratio narrows to 2.13x. The data shows no min or max FPS values, so the averages represent the full picture of sustained performance, with no stutter or frame-time variance recorded.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU. At Ultra settings, the average FPS drops from 186.0 at 1080p to 133.0 at 1440p (a 28.5% reduction) and then to 82.4 at 4K (a 55.7% reduction from 1080p). This steepening curve indicates that the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises, which is expected given the 4,352 shading units are tasked with more pixels.

At Low settings, the scaling is more gradual: 273.5 FPS at 1080p falls to 245.3 at 1440p (10.3% drop) and 175.3 at 4K (35.9% drop). The smaller percentage drop at lower settings suggests that the CPU plays a larger role in limiting frame rates when the GPU workload is light, particularly at 1080p where the combo approaches the CPU’s maximum throughput. The Core i5-11400F’s boost clock of 4.40 GHz and 12 MB of L3 cache are sufficient to feed the GPU at these rates, but the single-thread score of 868 in 3DMark and 2,029 in Cinebench R23 indicate a ceiling that prevents higher frame rates.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern to Low, with 255.1 FPS at 1080p dropping to 224.3 at 1440p (12.1%) and 143.2 at 4K (43.9%). High settings, meanwhile, exhibit the most linear scaling: 194.9 FPS at 1080p, 142.1 at 1440p (27.1% drop), and 87.9 at 4K (54.9% drop). This consistency suggests that High is the most balanced preset for this combo, offering a substantial visual upgrade over Medium without the steep performance penalty of Ultra, which only yields a 5.5 FPS gain over High at 4K. The data overall points to a system that is GPU-limited at 4K but increasingly CPU-bound at 1080p, with the sweet spot for maximum visual fidelity and frame rate stability sitting at 1440p High.