Inside

The Intel Core i7-13700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT delivers a solid, high-refresh-rate experience in Inside, a puzzle platformer that scales impressively across resolutions and settings. Benchmark data shows this combination ranks 1055th out of 1671 tested combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database for this specific title. The pairing leverages a strong 16-core CPU with an 8 GB RDNA 2 GPU to produce frame rates that range from a demanding 64.1 FPS at 4K Ultra to an exceptionally fluid 292.1 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating that the system is well-balanced for both visual fidelity and competitive smoothness.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested hardware combinations for Inside, this specific pairing holds a rank of 1055 out of 1671 total combos. This placement in the 63rd percentile suggests a configuration that is more capable than the majority of systems tested, but it does not represent the absolute top tier of performance. The ranking reflects a system that can comfortably handle the game’s requirements, but its position is influenced by the GPU’s mid-range standing rather than the CPU’s high-end capabilities. The data indicates that the CPU is a significant overachiever in synthetic benchmarks, while the GPU is more of a median performer, which directly informs the overall combo rank. This is not a pairing that will top leaderboards, but it sits comfortably ahead of the field, providing a dependable foundation for 1080p and 1440p gameplay. The combo’s rank is a product of the GPU’s 72nd percentile standing among all GPUs, which is the limiting factor in this configuration, while the CPU’s 93rd percentile ranking provides substantial headroom.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is the decisive component in this combo’s Inside performance. Built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 23 chip, it features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 280.3 GB/s. The GPU’s clock speeds are notably high, with a base clock of 2055 MHz, a game clock of 2410 MHz, and a boost clock of 2635 MHz. These clocks, combined with 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs, allow for a pixel rate of 168.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 337.3 GTexel/s, providing ample fill rate for the game’s stylized 2.5D environments. The card’s 10.79 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power is more than sufficient for a puzzle platformer, but the 8 GB VRAM capacity is the key metric for higher resolutions. The benchmark results show a clear correlation between the GPU’s workload and frame rates; at 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 64.1, suggesting the VRAM and memory bandwidth are being taxed. In contrast, the GPU’s raw compute power shines at 1080p Low, where it achieves an average of 292.1 FPS, demonstrating that the card is not compute-bound in this title. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 29024 places it in the 72nd percentile, and it is virtually tied with the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (0% delta), while being slightly ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 470 (0.1% delta) and slightly behind the Intel Arc A370M (-0.5% delta).

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K plays a supporting but crucial role in ensuring the GPU is never starved of data. With 16 cores and 24 threads, the Raptor Lake architecture provides substantial multi-threading capability, which is reflected in its strong synthetic scores like a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 39000. The CPU’s high boost clock of 5.40 GHz and a single-thread score of 5505 in Cinebench R23 ensure that the game’s primary logic thread is handled with minimal latency. Despite the game being relatively light on CPU requirements, this processor’s 30 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache help maintain consistent frame pacing, particularly in scenes with many dynamic objects. The CPU’s benchmark percentile of 93% versus all CPUs confirms its high-end status, and its average benchmark score of 47282 places it in close competition with the Intel Core i7-13700KF (0.1% slower), AMD EPYC 4364P (0.3% faster), and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 (0.5% slower). In Inside, the CPU’s performance is likely not the bottleneck, as evidenced by the significant FPS jumps when lowering resolution and settings, which shifts the load back to the GPU. The data shows that at 4K Low, the system achieves 132.1 FPS, which is a 65.6 FPS increase over 4K High, indicating that the CPU can feed the GPU effectively even when the resolution stresses the graphics card.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combo in Inside shows a predictable scaling pattern across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the system is clearly GPU-bound at higher settings, but the CPU’s strength allows for massive frame rates at lower presets. The performance at 1080p is exceptional, with an average of 292.1 FPS at Low settings, 232.8 FPS at Medium, 146.6 FPS at High, and 140 FPS at Ultra. The gap between High and Ultra is relatively small (6.6 FPS), suggesting diminishing returns in visual quality versus raw frame output at this resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain highly playable, with an average of 209.6 FPS at Low, 166.8 FPS at Medium, 105.4 FPS at High, and 102.4 FPS at Ultra. This resolution presents a 30% performance penalty on average compared to 1080p at the same settings, but the system still comfortably exceeds 100 FPS at the highest preset. At 3840x2160, the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus become limiting factors. The average FPS at 4K Low is 132.1, which is a 60% drop from 1080p Low, but the system still manages a playable 66.5 FPS at High and 64.1 FPS at Ultra. The most significant relative drop occurs between 4K Medium (105.5 FPS) and 4K High (66.5 FPS), a 39 FPS decline that suggests the game’s high-detail textures at 4K are exceeding the GPU’s memory bandwidth. The data shows that this combo is ideal for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K being a viable option for this title only at Medium or lower settings.

FAQ

*Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p Ultra settings in Inside?*

A: The system achieves an average frame rate of 140 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, which is a 6.6 FPS decrease from the High preset (146.6 FPS). This indicates that the Ultra preset is still highly playable on a high-refresh-rate monitor.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck for this combo at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the data shows the GPU is the primary limiting factor. The average FPS at 4K Low is 132.1, which is a 160 FPS drop from 1080p Low (292.1 FPS), indicating that the GPU’s memory bandwidth and capacity are saturated at this resolution.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS at Low settings is 209.6, which drops to 102.4 FPS at Ultra settings. This represents a 107.2 FPS difference, or roughly a 51% reduction in frame rate, when moving from the lowest to the highest quality preset.

Q: How does the RX 6650 XT compare to its nearest rival, the RX 6800M, based on benchmark scores?

A: The Radeon RX 6650 XT has an average benchmark score of 29024, which is exactly 0% different from the AMD Radeon RX 6800M’s score of 29011. This indicates that the two GPUs perform virtually identically in general compute benchmarks.

Q: Can this combo achieve a 144 Hz refresh rate at 1440p?

A: Yes, for this game. The measured data shows an average of 166.8 FPS at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, which exceeds the 144 Hz threshold. At High and Ultra settings, the frame rate drops to 105.4 and 102.4 FPS respectively, which is below 144 Hz.

*Q: What is the single-threaded capability of the i7-13700K, and why is it relevant to Inside?*

A: The i7-13700K scores 5505 in the Cinebench R23 single-core benchmark. This is relevant because game logic is often single-threaded; a high single-thread score ensures that the CPU can process the game’s main loop without delaying the GPU, contributing to the high frame rates seen at 1080p.