Inside

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers exceptional performance in Inside, a puzzle platformer where high frame rates are easily achieved. Across all tested settings and resolutions, the combination never dips below 72 FPS, ensuring fluid gameplay even at maximum graphical fidelity. The data indicates that the Ultra preset provides a completely smooth experience at 1080p and 1440p, with average frame rates of 163.1 and 116.9, respectively. At 4K, the Ultra preset still holds at 72 FPS, which is perfectly playable for this genre, though the High preset offers a more comfortable margin at 76.1 FPS. For users prioritizing maximum visual quality, Ultra is the recommended choice at 1080p and 1440p, while High is the sensible pick for 4K to maintain a higher average frame rate. The Low preset yields staggering frame rates—318.6 at 1080p, 244 at 1440p, and 151 at 4K—but these are unnecessary for a game of this type, where the visual upgrade from Medium to High or Ultra is more valuable than the extra frames.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process. Its base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz provide strong single-thread performance, which is crucial for a puzzle platformer like Inside that relies heavily on consistent frame pacing rather than massive multi-threaded workloads. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2332 indicate robust per-core capability, ensuring that the game's primary simulation and logic threads are never a bottleneck.

In terms of broader CPU performance, the i5-12400F sits in the 77th percentile of all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19221. This places it in close competition with the Intel Core i7-8700K, which scores 19210, a mere 0.1% difference. It also edges out the Intel Core i5-1335U by 0.3% (19167) and the AMD EPYC 7773X by 1.3% (18979), while trailing the AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS by 0.7% (19364). These rivals demonstrate that the i5-12400F is a mid-range desktop part with ample headroom for this game. The multi-threaded scores, such as Cinebench R23 multi-core at 16518 and Geekbench multi-core at 9138, show that even when the game utilizes additional threads, the processor has enough throughput to avoid any performance degradation. For Inside, the CPU's role is primarily to maintain a stable frame delivery, and the benchmark results confirm that it does so without issue across all tested settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is the dominant component in this pairing, based on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a 7 nm process. It features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s. The GPU's clocks are notably high, with a base of 2321 MHz, a game clock of 2424 MHz, and a boost clock of 2581 MHz. This translates to a pixel rate of 165.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 413.0 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance rated at 13.21 TFLOPS. These specifications are more than sufficient for a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platformer, where the rendering load is modest compared to modern 3D titles.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its capability. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it scores 2435, and its PassMark G3D score is 19786, placing it in the 77th percentile of all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 33721 places it near the AMD Radeon RX 6800, which scores 33493, a 0.7% difference. Interestingly, it is also close to older cards like the AMD Radeon HD 7950 (34050, -1%) and the AMD Radeon RX 480 (34059, -1%), as well as the NVIDIA RTX A5000 (33294, 1.3%). These rival comparisons show that the RX 6700 XT is a high-end performer, but for Inside, the limiting factor is rarely the GPU itself. At 1080p with Low settings, the frame rate reaches 318.6 FPS, which is so high that the CPU's single-thread performance may begin to impose a ceiling. However, at higher settings and resolutions, the GPU scales as expected, with the Ultra preset at 4K producing 72 FPS, indicating that the GPU is still comfortably handling the visual workload.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT ranks 858th out of 1671 tested combos for Inside. This places it roughly in the middle of the pack, which is a logical result given that the game is not particularly demanding on either component. The rank reflects that many other systems with more powerful CPUs or GPUs can achieve similar or higher frame rates, but it also indicates that this combo delivers a very solid experience for the vast majority of users. The 858th rank out of 1671 means that approximately 51% of tested combos perform better, while 49% perform worse. This is not a criticism of the hardware; rather, it highlights that Inside is a title where even mid-range hardware from the past several years can achieve high frame rates. The combo's strong performance in the measured data—never dropping below 72 FPS at any setting—suggests that the rank is more a reflection of the sheer number of high-end systems tested than any deficiency in this pairing. For a puzzle platformer, the experience is effectively flawless, with frame rates far exceeding the refresh rates of most monitors.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p, the Low preset produces an average of 318.6 FPS, which drops to 244 FPS at 1440p (a 23.4% reduction) and further to 151 FPS at 4K (a 52.6% reduction from 1080p). This indicates that at Low settings, the system is heavily CPU-bound at 1080p, as the GPU has plenty of headroom, but the GPU becomes more involved as resolution rises. For the Medium preset, the frame rates are 266.3 FPS at 1080p, 197 FPS at 1440p, and 120.8 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 26.0% from 1080p to 1440p and 54.6% from 1080p to 4K, showing a consistent pattern where the GPU's workload scales directly with pixel count.

At High settings, the average FPS is 169.4 at 1080p, 118.8 at 1440p, and 76.1 at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 29.9%, and from 1080p to 4K is 55.1%. Finally, the Ultra preset yields 163.1 FPS at 1080p, 116.9 at 1440p, and 72 at 4K, with corresponding drops of 28.3% and 55.9%. Across all presets, the scaling from 1440p to 4K results in roughly a 38-39% reduction in frame rate, which is consistent with the 2.25x increase in pixel count. This pattern strongly suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component at 4K, as the frame rate drops are directly proportional to the rendering load. Conversely, at 1080p with Low settings, the frame rate of 318.6 FPS is likely capped by the CPU's single-thread performance, as the GPU could theoretically render even more frames. Overall, the data shows a well-balanced system where the CPU handles lower resolutions with ease, and the GPU takes over as the bottleneck at higher resolutions and quality settings.