Inside

The Intel Core i7-12700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT sits at rank 1027 out of 1671 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database for this title. Given that Inside is a puzzle platformer from 2016 with modest graphical demands, this ranking reflects a system that is far from the top of the charts, though the benchmark data shows it remains highly capable of delivering smooth frame rates across all tested configurations.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 1027 out of 1671 indicates that while this pairing is not a performance leader for Inside, it still outperforms roughly 38% of all recorded combinations. The CPU component, the Intel Core i7-12700K, holds a percentile rank of 89 against all CPUs, meaning it is in the top 11% of processors tested. In contrast, the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has a percentile rank of 72 against all GPUs, putting it in the upper 28% of graphics cards. The discrepancy between the CPU's high percentile and the GPU's lower percentile suggests that the graphics card is the more limiting factor in this pairing for Inside.

When examining the CPU's nearest rivals, the i7-12700K posts an average benchmark score of 35684, which is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 at 35802 (a delta of -0.3%) and the Intel Core i5-14500HX at 35940 (a delta of -0.7%). The i7-12700K also edges out the Intel Core i7-13700T by 0.6% and the Intel Core i7-13800H by 0.8%. These tiny deltas confirm that the CPU is performing exactly as expected for its class, with no anomalous behavior dragging down the combo's rank.

The GPU's nearest rivals tell a similar story of parity. The RX 6650 XT has an average benchmark score of 29024, which is within 0.1% of the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (29011) and the AMD Radeon RX 470 (28996). It is 0.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A370M and 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH. This clustering around the same score indicates that the RX 6650 XT delivers consistent performance relative to its direct competitors, and its lower percentile rank compared to the CPU is the primary reason the combo does not rank higher.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 23 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process by TSMC. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 280.3 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 2190 MHz, which translates to 17.5 Gbps effective. The GPU's base clock is 2055 MHz, with a game clock of 2410 MHz and a boost clock of 2635 MHz.

For Inside, these specifications are more than adequate. The game's visual style relies on atmospheric lighting and silhouette-based art, which does not heavily tax the GPU's shading units. The RX 6650 XT has 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units, along with 32 ray accelerators. The pixel rate is 168.6 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 337.3 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 10.79 TFLOPS. Benchmark results show the GPU achieving a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1859 and a Passmark G3D score of 17166, confirming its mid-range standing.

The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for Inside at all tested settings, as the game's texture and geometry complexity is moderate. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 280.3 GB/s ensures that even at 4K Ultra settings, where the frame rate drops to 60.5 FPS, the memory subsystem is not a bottleneck. The data indicates that the GPU is the limiting component in this combo, as the CPU's high percentile rank suggests it has significant headroom that the GPU cannot fully utilize in this title.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of performance scaling from 1080p to 4K, with the GPU becoming progressively more stressed as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 294.7 FPS, which drops to 211.7 FPS at 2560x1440 and 134.5 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 54% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that the GPU is still able to maintain high performance even at the highest resolution.

At High settings, the frame rates are 148.8 FPS at 1080p, 104.7 FPS at 1440p, and 64.8 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is 56.5%, which is slightly larger than at Low settings. This suggests that as graphical complexity increases, the GPU's workload scales more steeply with resolution, confirming that the RX 6650 XT is the primary driver of performance.

The scaling pattern reveals that the CPU is not a limiting factor at any resolution. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 294.7 FPS is far above what would be expected if the CPU were constraining performance. The i7-12700K's 12 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 5.00 GHz, provide ample processing power for Inside's physics and logic, which are not computationally intensive. The data indicates that the GPU is fully saturated at all resolutions, and the CPU has significant headroom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 294.7 FPS on Low settings, 234 FPS on Medium, 148.8 FPS on High, and 141.9 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Medium is 60.7 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is only 6.9 FPS. This suggests that the game's Ultra preset adds minimal additional graphical load over High, while the jump from Low to Medium is more significant. The 1080p results show that the system can easily drive high-refresh-rate monitors, with even Ultra settings exceeding 140 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates are 211.7 FPS on Low, 167.8 FPS on Medium, 104.7 FPS on High, and 101.8 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is substantial, with Low settings decreasing by 83 FPS and Ultra decreasing by 40.1 FPS. At this resolution, the GPU is clearly working harder, but the combo still maintains frame rates above 100 FPS for all settings, which is excellent for a puzzle platformer.

At 3840x2160, the performance is 134.5 FPS on Low, 107 FPS on Medium, 64.8 FPS on High, and 60.5 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results show a significant drop, particularly at High and Ultra settings, where the frame rates fall below 65 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium at 4K is 27.5 FPS, while the difference between High and Ultra is only 4.3 FPS. This indicates that the GPU is becoming the dominant bottleneck at 4K, especially with higher quality settings, but the combo still delivers playable frame rates for a game of this type.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K is a 12-core, 20-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a thermal design power of 125 W. The CPU features 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, and 25 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration and has 20 PCIe Gen 4 lanes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i7-12700K shows strong multi-threaded performance, scoring 29241 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 34404 in Passmark multithread. Single-thread performance is also robust, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4128 and a Passmark single-thread score of 4013. These results place the CPU in the 89th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 35684.

For Inside, the CPU's role is minimal due to the game's light processing requirements. The measured frame rates show no signs of CPU limitation, as even at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 294.7 FPS without any indication of a bottleneck. The CPU's high boost clock of 5.00 GHz ensures that any single-threaded tasks within the game are handled efficiently, while the 20 threads provide ample capacity for background processes. The data confirms that the i7-12700K is far more capable than what Inside demands, and the combo's rank is determined almost entirely by the GPU's performance ceiling.