Inside

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Inside reveals a clear pattern of performance scaling across the three tested resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 318.2 FPS, which drops to 283.6 FPS at 1440p and further to 241.5 FPS at 4K. This represents a 24.1% reduction from 1080p to 4K on Low settings, indicating that even at the lowest quality preset, the rendering load increases substantially with pixel count.

Moving to Medium settings, the scaling becomes more pronounced: 293.5 FPS at 1080p, 262.7 FPS at 1440p, and 196.1 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 4K here is 33.2%, showing that higher quality settings amplify the resolution penalty. High settings follow a similar trajectory: 243.1 FPS at 1080p, 194.4 FPS at 1440p, and 121.3 FPS at 4K — a 50.1% drop from 1080p to 4K.

Ultra settings exhibit the steepest scaling curve. The combo delivers 240.9 FPS at 1080p, 186.9 FPS at 1440p, and 115.1 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K reduction here is 52.2%, which suggests that the GPU becomes increasingly the limiting component as both resolution and settings rise. The fact that 1080p Ultra (240.9 FPS) still exceeds 4K High (121.3 FPS) by roughly double indicates that resolution has a larger impact on frame rate than the step from High to Ultra at any given resolution.

The data also shows that the gap between Low and Ultra narrows as resolution increases. At 1080p, Ultra is 24.3% slower than Low. At 1440p, that difference grows to 34.1%. At 4K, Ultra trails Low by 52.4%. This widening gap confirms that the GPU's shading and memory throughput become more critical at higher resolutions, where pixel fill requirements dominate.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves a combo rank of 269 out of 1,671 tested combinations in Inside. This places the combo in the top 16.1% of all tested configurations, a strong showing for this pairing in a puzzle platformer that is not typically considered graphically demanding.

The CPU component alone sits at the 77th percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 19,850. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the Intel Core i7-9700 (19,831, a 0.1% delta), the Intel Core i7-8700 (19,894, -0.2%), the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19,928, -0.4%), and the Intel Core i5-11600K (19,771, 0.4%). These deltas are all within a fraction of a percent, meaning the i5-12400 is effectively tied with these alternatives in aggregate CPU benchmarks.

The GPU, meanwhile, ranks at the 85th percentile among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 44,900. Its closest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45,152, -0.6%), the Intel Arc A730M (45,592, -1.5%), the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (44,195, 1.6%), and the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (45,642, -1.6%). The RTX 4070 Ti sits in a tight cluster around the 45,000-score mark, with all rivals within 1.6% of its average.

Given that both components are individually strong but not top-tier, the combo's rank of 269 reflects a balanced pairing. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient for this game's workload, and the GPU's 12 GB of memory and high compute throughput ensure that frame rates remain high across all tested settings. The rank indicates that most better-performing combos likely feature higher-end CPUs or GPUs, but the i5-12400 + RTX 4070 Ti holds its own in the upper quartile.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for optimal settings. At 1080p, every preset delivers playable frame rates, with Low at 318.2 FPS, Medium at 293.5 FPS, High at 243.1 FPS, and Ultra at 240.9 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra is minimal (0.9%), so Ultra is effectively free at this resolution if the display supports it.

At 1440p, the story is similar: Low hits 283.6 FPS, Medium 262.7 FPS, High 194.4 FPS, and Ultra 186.9 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra narrows to 3.9%, making Ultra a reasonable choice for users with 144Hz or 165Hz monitors. Even the most demanding preset stays above 180 FPS, so there is no practical reason to drop below High.

At 4K, the recommendations change. Ultra drops to 115.1 FPS, which still exceeds 60 FPS but falls short of high-refresh displays. High delivers 121.3 FPS, a mere 5.1% improvement over Ultra. Medium jumps to 196.1 FPS, a 62.4% improvement over High, making it the sweet spot for 4K users targeting 144Hz. Low reaches 241.5 FPS, but the visual quality trade-off is likely unnecessary given that Medium provides a substantial frame rate buffer.

For the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, Medium at 4K or Ultra at 1440p and below are the recommended presets. The data shows that Ultra's additional quality over High costs only 0.9% at 1080p and 3.9% at 1440p, making it the preferred choice for those resolutions. At 4K, Medium offers the largest frame rate headroom while remaining visually acceptable.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 318.2 FPS on Low, 293.5 FPS on Medium, 243.1 FPS on High, and 240.9 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 77.3 FPS, with the largest single drop occurring between Medium and High (50.4 FPS). High and Ultra are nearly identical, differing by only 2.2 FPS.

At 2560x1440, Low produces 283.6 FPS, Medium 262.7 FPS, High 194.4 FPS, and Ultra 186.9 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop is 68.3 FPS, which is larger than at 1080p, indicating that the higher pixel count amplifies the cost of quality settings. High and Ultra remain close, with a 7.5 FPS gap.

At 3840x2160, the numbers are 241.5 FPS (Low), 196.1 FPS (Medium), 121.3 FPS (High), and 115.1 FPS (Ultra). The Medium-to-High gap expands to 74.8 FPS, while High and Ultra differ by just 6.2 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is 126.4 FPS below the 1080p Low result, showing the combined impact of resolution and settings.

Comparing across resolutions, 1080p Ultra (240.9 FPS) slightly exceeds 1440p High (194.4 FPS) by 23.9%, and 1440p Ultra (186.9 FPS) exceeds 4K High (121.3 FPS) by 54.1%. The 4K Low result (241.5 FPS) is nearly identical to 1080p Ultra, indicating that dropping to Low at 4K recovers the performance lost by moving from 1080p to 4K at Ultra.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, with a transistor density of 121.8 million per square millimeter. The GPU has 7,680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units, alongside 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores.

Its clock speeds are 2,310 MHz base and 2,610 MHz boost, with memory running at 1,313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory operates on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The GPU's pixel rate is 208.8 GPixel/s and texture rate is 626.4 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 40.09 TFLOPS and FP16 at the same 40.09 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio).

In Inside, the GPU's memory capacity and bandwidth are more than sufficient for the game's demands. The measured frame rates at 4K Ultra (115.1 FPS) suggest that the GPU is the primary limiter at this extreme, given that the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are unlikely to bottleneck a puzzle platformer at any resolution. The 504.2 GB/s bandwidth ensures that texture streaming and memory access do not become constraints, even at 4K with high-quality presets.

The GPU's 85th percentile ranking among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 44,900, places it comfortably above most discrete GPUs. In synthetic tests, it scores 31,624 in Passmark G3D and 18,396 in Passmark GPU Compute, with DirectX 12 performance at 116 and DirectX 11 at 288. These numbers, combined with the measured FPS data, confirm that the RTX 4070 Ti consistently delivers high frame rates in Inside regardless of resolution.

FAQ

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

A: The Intel Core i5-12400 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks 269th out of 1,671 tested combos, placing it in the top 16.1% of all configurations.

Q: Which resolution and settings produce the highest frame rate?

A: The highest measured frame rate is 318.2 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. Even at 4K with Low settings, the combo still achieves 241.5 FPS.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: On Low settings, the drop is from 318.2 FPS to 241.5 FPS, a 24.1% reduction. On Ultra, the drop is from 240.9 FPS to 115.1 FPS, a 52.2% reduction.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K Ultra?

A: The data indicates the GPU becomes the limiting component at 4K Ultra, where frame rate falls to 115.1 FPS. The CPU's aggregate benchmark score of 19,850 is near its rivals, suggesting it is not the bottleneck.

Q: What is the recommended preset for 4K gaming?

A: Medium at 4K delivers 196.1 FPS, which is 62.4% higher than High (121.3 FPS). This makes Medium the recommended choice for 4K displays with high refresh rates.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti's memory configuration affect Inside?

A: The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for this game. The memory clock runs at 1,313 MHz (21 Gbps effective), ensuring no memory-related bottlenecks at any tested resolution.