Inside

The Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 delivers a robust experience in Inside, a Puzzle Platformer released in 2016. Benchmark data shows this combination handles the game’s side-scrolling visuals with high frame rates across all tested resolutions, though the scaling patterns reveal a clear shift in system bottlenecks as pixel count increases. The following analysis breaks down the measured FPS data, component roles, and optimal settings based strictly on the provided metrics.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a predictable but telling decline as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 257 FPS average. Moving to 1440p Low drops that to 185 FPS, a reduction of 72 FPS or roughly 28% lower. At 4K Low, the average falls to 116 FPS, which is 45% below the 1080p Low result. This scaling pattern indicates that even at lower graphical presets, the GPU becomes increasingly stressed as pixel count rises.

The High settings curve tells a similar story. At 1080p High, the average is 129 FPS. At 1440p High, it drops to 92 FPS, a 29% decrease. At 4K High, the average lands at 58 FPS, which is 55% lower than the 1080p High result. The percentage drops between 1080p and 1440p are nearly identical across Low and High presets (28% vs 29%), suggesting a consistent resolution penalty regardless of the graphical load. However, the jump from 1440p to 4K is steeper for High settings (37% drop) than for Low settings (37% drop as well), indicating that the GPU’s shading and memory bandwidth limits start to bind more aggressively at 4K with heavier presets.

Ultra settings follow the same trajectory. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 122 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it falls to 88 FPS (28% lower). At 4K Ultra, the average is 55 FPS, which is 55% below the 1080p Ultra figure. The consistency of these percentage drops across all presets — roughly 28% between 1080p and 1440p, and roughly 37-45% between 1440p and 4K — suggests that the limiting component at 1440p and below is primarily the CPU or game engine’s single-thread performance, while at 4K the GPU becomes the dominant constraint.

The Medium preset is the only one with min/max FPS data recorded. At 1080p Medium, the average is 206 FPS with a minimum of 175 FPS and maximum of 237 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average is 148 FPS with a minimum of 126 FPS and maximum of 170 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 93 FPS with a minimum of 79 FPS and maximum of 107 FPS. The spread between min and max FPS widens slightly at lower resolutions (62 FPS at 1080p vs 28 FPS at 4K), which aligns with CPU-bound behavior at lower pixel counts where frame-to-frame variance is more pronounced.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings?

A: The Intel Core i5-14400F with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 produces an average of 129 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings.

Q: Does this combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the combo averages 58 FPS on High and 55 FPS on Ultra, both below the 60 FPS threshold. However, Medium settings at 4K average 93 FPS, and Low settings average 116 FPS, both comfortably above 60 FPS.

Q: What is the combo’s overall ranking in this game?

A: The combo ranks 2869 out of 3716 tested combinations for Inside, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database.

Q: How much FPS is gained by dropping from Ultra to Low at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Ultra averages 88 FPS while Low averages 185 FPS, a gain of 97 FPS or roughly 110% higher performance.

Q: What is the GPU’s VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What is the CPU’s boost clock speed?

A: The Intel Core i5-14400F has a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset offers the best balance between visual quality and frame rate stability across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo averages 206 FPS, which is only 51 FPS lower than Low but provides significantly better graphical fidelity. The minimum FPS of 175 at 1080p Medium ensures the frame rate never drops below the refresh rate of most standard monitors.

For 1440p displays, Medium is also the recommended choice. The average of 148 FPS at this preset is well above the 1440p 60 Hz standard, and the minimum of 126 FPS still leaves ample headroom. High settings at 1440p drop to 92 FPS average, which is still playable but offers diminishing returns over Medium given the 56 FPS difference.

At 4K, the choice depends on the desired frame rate target. For a locked 60 FPS experience, Medium settings deliver 93 FPS average with a minimum of 79 FPS, providing a comfortable buffer. Low settings push the average to 116 FPS, but the visual downgrade may not be worth the extra 23 FPS. High and Ultra at 4K fall below 60 FPS (58 and 55 FPS respectively), making them less suitable for smooth gameplay. The data suggests that Medium is the optimal preset for 4K gaming on this combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of the Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 6600 ranks 2869 out of 3716 tested combinations for Inside. This places it in the 23rd percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 77% of tested systems perform better in this game. The ranking reflects the GPU’s mid-range positioning rather than the CPU’s capability, as the i5-14400F is a strong performer in synthetic benchmarks.

The GPU alone ranks in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19036. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 (avg score 19030, delta 0%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile (avg score 19049, delta -0.1%), and the NVIDIA Tesla K20m (avg score 19089, delta -0.3%). These close deltas indicate that the RX 6600 sits at the boundary of a performance tier, slightly below the RTX 4050 Mobile but above the Quadro K6000.

The CPU ranks in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32279. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U (avg score 32233, delta 0.1%), the Intel Core i9-11900 (avg score 32226, delta 0.2%), and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS (avg score 32354, delta -0.2%). The CPU’s high percentile ranking suggests that the combo’s modest overall position in Inside is not due to processor limitations but rather the GPU’s performance ceiling in this particular title.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 23 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process by TSMC. It contains 11,060 million transistors on a 237 mm² die, with a transistor density of 46.7M per mm². The GPU has 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units, along with 28 ray tracing cores. Its pixel rate is 159.4 GPixel/s and texture rate is 279.0 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 8.928 TFLOPS.

The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This capacity is sufficient for Inside at all tested resolutions and settings, as the game’s 2016-era visuals do not require extensive texture memory. The GPU’s base clock is 1626 MHz, with a boost clock of 2491 MHz and a game clock of 2044 MHz. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, or 14 Gbps effective.

The GPU’s performance in Inside is primarily limited by its raw shading throughput and memory bandwidth at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 55 indicates that the GPU is nearly saturated, with the pixel fill rate and texture rate becoming the bottleneck. At 1080p, the GPU has ample headroom, as evidenced by the 257 FPS average on Low settings. The GPU’s 63rd percentile ranking among all GPUs aligns with its mid-range positioning, and its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro K6000, shows a 0% delta in average score, indicating these two cards perform nearly identically in synthetic benchmarks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of the combo’s performance across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the frame rates range from 122 FPS on Ultra to 257 FPS on Low. The Medium preset averages 206 FPS with a minimum of 175 FPS and maximum of 237 FPS. High settings average 129 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 51 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 77 FPS, and between High and Ultra is only 7 FPS. This suggests that the transition from Medium to High has a significant performance cost, while High to Ultra is relatively minor.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates range from 88 FPS on Ultra to 185 FPS on Low. Medium averages 148 FPS with a minimum of 126 FPS and maximum of 170 FPS. High averages 92 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is 37 FPS, between Medium and High is 56 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 4 FPS. The pattern mirrors 1080p, with the Medium-to-High transition being the most costly in terms of FPS loss.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates range from 55 FPS on Ultra to 116 FPS on Low. Medium averages 93 FPS with a minimum of 79 FPS and maximum of 107 FPS. High averages 58 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is 23 FPS, between Medium and High is 35 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 3 FPS. At 4K, the Ultra preset’s 55 FPS average is only 3 FPS below High, indicating that the Ultra preset’s additional effects have minimal impact on this GPU at this resolution.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, manufactured on a 10 nm process by Intel. It has a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a TDP of 65 watts. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with ECC memory support. It uses Intel Socket 1700 and has PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 21645 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 3055 in singlecore. Its Geekbench scores are 11268 multicore and 2058 singlecore. The Passmark multithread score is 25470, with a single-thread score of 3701. The CPU ranks in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32279. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, scores 32233 (delta 0.1%), and the Intel Core i9-11900 scores 32226 (delta 0.2%).

For Inside, the CPU’s role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and physics calculations. The game’s 2016 release date means it relies on fewer CPU threads, but the i5-14400F’s strong single-core performance (3055 in Cinebench R23 singlecore) ensures that even at 1080p with Low settings (257 FPS), the CPU does not become the limiting factor. The FPS scaling from 1080p to 1440p (roughly 28% drop across all presets) suggests that the CPU maintains adequate performance headroom, as the GPU load increases with resolution. The 10 cores and 16 threads provide additional capacity for background tasks, but the game’s performance is ultimately constrained by the GPU at higher resolutions, particularly at 4K where the 55-116 FPS range reflects the GPU’s shading and memory bandwidth limits.