Inside

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers frame rates in Inside that are so high they render the game's graphical demands almost trivial. At 1080p Ultra, the combo produces 238.5 FPS, while dropping to Low settings at the same resolution pushes the output to 318.3 FPS. This indicates that even the most demanding preset is far from stressing the GPU, leaving the system with enormous overhead for high-refresh-rate displays.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling across resolutions reveals a system that is primarily GPU-bound at 4K but becomes increasingly CPU-limited as resolution drops. Moving from 1080p High to 1440p High, the average frame rate falls from 244.4 to 200.4 FPS, a reduction of 44 FPS. The jump from 1440p High to 4K High is more severe, dropping from 200.4 to 128.5 FPS, a 71.9 FPS decrease. This pattern shows that the RTX 5070 Ti's rendering workload grows substantially with pixel count, but the i5-12400F's six cores and 12 threads are capable of feeding the GPU adequately at the lower resolutions.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is similar but with lower absolute numbers. The 1080p Ultra result of 238.5 FPS drops to 193.7 FPS at 1440p, then to 120.1 FPS at 4K. The delta between 1080p and 4K at Ultra is 118.4 FPS, which is the largest absolute drop across all presets. Conversely, at Low settings, the 1080p score of 318.3 FPS falls to 284.8 FPS at 1440p and 246.3 FPS at 4K. The smaller percentage drop at Low settings suggests that the CPU becomes a more significant limiting factor when the GPU has less work to do, though the i5-12400F still manages to keep frame rates well above 240 FPS even at 1440p Low.

The data shows that 4K resolution is where the RTX 5070 Ti's capabilities are most taxed. The difference between 4K Low and 4K Ultra is 126.2 FPS, indicating that the GPU's shading units, texture mapping units, and render output units are heavily utilized at this resolution. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 79.8 FPS, confirming that the CPU's processing power is the more dominant factor at lower resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

Benchmark results indicate that the High preset at 1440p offers the most balanced experience, delivering 200.4 FPS while maintaining visual fidelity. This frame rate is more than double the refresh rate of standard 144Hz monitors, and the High preset provides a substantial improvement over Medium's 262.5 FPS at the same resolution. The difference between High and Ultra at 1440p is only 6.7 FPS (200.4 vs 193.7), suggesting that Ultra's additional graphical effects are not worth the slight performance hit unless maximum image quality is the priority.

For users with 4K displays, the High preset at 128.5 FPS is the recommended starting point. This is comfortably above 120 FPS, making it suitable for high-refresh-rate 4K panels. The Medium preset at 4K produces 200.4 FPS, which is identical to the 1440p High result, indicating that the resolution scaling is consistent. However, the Ultra preset at 4K drops to 120.1 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 6.5% reduction from High.

At 1080p, the choice is less critical because all presets exceed 238 FPS. The Low preset at 318.3 FPS is only useful for extreme competitive play or for users with 360Hz monitors, but the visual degradation is unnecessary given the High preset's 244.4 FPS. The Medium preset at 293.5 FPS offers a middle ground, but the data suggests that High is the sweet spot for image quality without sacrificing performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing, as evidenced by the significant frame rate differences between presets. The GPU's 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Inside's puzzle-platformer visuals. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed, and the 8960 shading units are capable of 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. These specifications explain why the GPU can maintain such high frame rates even at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's boost clock of 2452 MHz and base clock of 2295 MHz are relatively modest for a high-end card, but the architecture's efficiency allows it to outperform its clock speed would suggest. The 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores are present, though Inside is not a ray-tracing title, so these units remain largely idle. The GPU's 96 render output units and 280 texture mapping units are more relevant to this game's 2D-style rendering, and they handle the workload with ease.

The RTX 5070 Ti ranks in the 87th percentile of all GPUs according to benchmark aggregations, with an average benchmark score of 52086. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, scores 52085, a delta of 0.0%, meaning these two cards are effectively identical in overall performance. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S scores 52505, which is 0.8% higher, while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 scores 50826, 2.5% lower. These comparisons show that the RTX 5070 Ti is positioned at the top tier of GPU performance, which aligns with its ability to push Inside past 120 FPS at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum frame rate achievable with this combo?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 318.3 at 1080p with Low settings. This is the ceiling for this pairing, as the CPU becomes the limiting factor at this point.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti scores 52086 on average, which is exactly matching the RTX 4080's 52085 (0.0% delta). The AMD Radeon RX 7700S is 0.8% faster, and the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 2.5% faster.

Q: Is the i5-12400F a bottleneck at 4K resolution?

A: No. At 4K High, the combo produces 128.5 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it produces 120.1 FPS. These results indicate the GPU is the primary workload carrier at 4K, with the CPU keeping up effectively.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 4K at Ultra settings?

A: The 1080p Ultra score is 238.5 FPS, while the 4K Ultra score is 120.1 FPS. This represents a 118.4 FPS drop, or roughly a 49.7% reduction in performance.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 234th out of 1671 tested combinations, placing it in the top 14% of all configurations for Inside.

Q: What is the GPU's memory bandwidth, and does it matter for this game?

A: The GPU has 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth from 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus. For Inside, this bandwidth is far more than required, as evidenced by the high frame rates across all resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 234th out of 1671 combos tested in Inside, placing it in the 86th percentile of all configurations. This ranking is impressive given the CPU's modest specifications; the i5-12400F has a 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 2.50 GHz base clock and 4.40 GHz boost clock. The CPU's average benchmark score is 19221, and it ranks in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i7-8700K at 19210 (0.1% delta).

The high ranking is primarily driven by the GPU's exceptional performance. The RTX 5070 Ti's 87th percentile ranking among GPUs, combined with its near-identical performance to the RTX 4080, ensures that the GPU is never the limiting factor in Inside. The CPU's 18 MB of shared L3 cache and support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory provide sufficient bandwidth to keep the GPU fed, even at 1080p Low where the CPU is most stressed.

The combo's rank of 234 suggests that there are 233 configurations that perform better, likely featuring higher-end CPUs such as the Core i7 or i9 series or AMD Ryzen 7 or 9 processors. However, the 1437 combos ranked below this pairing demonstrate that the i5-12400F + RTX 5070 Ti combination is a strong performer for Inside, offering frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of most monitors on the market. The data confirms that this pairing is well-balanced for the game, with neither component significantly holding back the other across the tested resolution and settings range.