Inside

# Inside — Intel Core i7-13700K + AMD Radeon RX 7600

The Intel Core i7-13700K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 delivers a comfortably playable experience across all tested resolutions and settings in Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016. With measured frame rates ranging from a low of 61 FPS at 4K Ultra to a high of 282 FPS at 1080p Low, this combination shows a wide performance envelope that scales predictably with both resolution and graphical preset. The dataset indicates this combo ranks 2500th out of 3716 tested combinations for this game, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the field, yet the absolute frame rates suggest the game's modest requirements are easily met.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Inside?*

A: The highest measured average is 282 FPS, recorded at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is more than double the 134 FPS seen at the same resolution with Ultra settings.

*Q: Can this combo run Inside at 4K with playable frame rates?*

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 61 on Ultra to 127 on Low. Even the most demanding preset, Ultra at 61 FPS, stays above the 60 FPS threshold, while Medium at 4K reaches 102 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 7600 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The RX 7600 has an average benchmark score of 15171. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM, scores 15199, a delta of -0.2%. The AMD Radeon 680M scores 15270, putting it 0.7% ahead of the RX 7600.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all tested processors?

A: The Intel Core i7-13700K sits in the 89th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 46881. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900, scores 46971, a negligible -0.2% difference.

Q: Does the combo's in-game rank reflect its raw hardware performance?

A: The combo ranks 2500th out of 3716 tested combinations in Inside, which is below the median. However, given that the lowest measured FPS is 61 at 4K Ultra, the rank likely reflects the vast number of higher-tier GPU configurations rather than any inadequacy for this specific title.

Q: Which preset offers the best balance of visual quality and frame rate at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium settings produce 162 FPS average with a minimum of 138 FPS and maximum of 186 FPS. This is 61 FPS higher than High settings (101 FPS) and only 65 FPS lower than Low (203 FPS), making Medium the strongest option for smoothness without excessive graphical compromise.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip fabricated on a 6 nm process. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock runs at 1720 MHz, with a boost clock of 2655 MHz and a game clock of 2250 MHz. These specifications position the card as a solid mid-range option, and the measured results in Inside reflect that positioning.

In this game, the GPU's role becomes increasingly pronounced as resolution rises. At 1080p, the difference between Low (282 FPS) and Ultra (134 FPS) is 148 FPS, showing that the GPU is still the primary driver of performance changes even at lower resolutions. However, the CPU's strength at 1080p is evident when comparing the scaling: from 1080p High (141 FPS) to 1440p High (101 FPS), the drop is 28.4%, which is roughly proportional to the pixel increase of 77.8% — suggesting the GPU is not fully saturated at 1080p. At 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, with High settings yielding 64 FPS compared to 141 FPS at 1080p, a 54.6% reduction.

The GPU's 8 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor in Inside, given the game's 2016 release and modest texture requirements. The card's 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs handle the game's 2D side-scrolling visuals with ease, as evidenced by the fact that even at 4K Ultra, the average FPS stays at 61. The pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s are more than sufficient for this title, and the 21.75 TFLOPS FP32 throughput provides ample compute headroom.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance on which preset to select at each resolution, prioritizing a stable frame rate while retaining visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, all presets produce excellent results, but Medium stands out with 226 FPS average (minimum 192, maximum 259). This is 112 FPS lower than Low (282 FPS) but 92 FPS higher than High (141 FPS), making Medium the sweet spot for high refresh rate displays without sacrificing too much quality.

At 2560x1440, Medium again delivers the best experience: 162 FPS average with a tight minimum of 138 FPS and maximum of 186 FPS. The alternative is High at 101 FPS, which is a 37.7% reduction, or Low at 203 FPS, which sacrifices visual quality for a marginal gain over Medium in the context of typical 144 Hz displays. Ultra at 1440p drops to 97 FPS, which is still playable but offers no clear advantage over High for a 4 FPS difference.

At 3840x2160, the recommendation shifts to Medium as well. It produces 102 FPS average (minimum 87, maximum 117), which is the only 4K preset that comfortably exceeds 60 FPS with a substantial margin. Low at 4K reaches 127 FPS, but the visual downgrade is significant. High (64 FPS) and Ultra (61 FPS) both hover near the 60 FPS threshold, leaving little headroom for demanding scenes. Medium at 4K is the clear choice, offering 38 FPS more than High and 41 FPS more than Ultra.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its highest frame rates. Low settings yield 282 FPS average, Medium 226 FPS (with a minimum of 192 and maximum of 259), High 141 FPS, and Ultra 134 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is substantial at 85 FPS, while High and Ultra are nearly identical with only a 7 FPS difference.

At 2560x1440, the scores scale down proportionally. Low achieves 203 FPS, Medium 162 FPS (minimum 138, maximum 186), High 101 FPS, and Ultra 97 FPS. The Medium-to-High drop is 61 FPS, and High-to-Ultra is only 4 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset adds minimal visual benefit for essentially the same performance cost as High.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress further. Low runs at 127 FPS, Medium at 102 FPS (minimum 87, maximum 117), High at 64 FPS, and Ultra at 61 FPS. The Medium-to-High reduction is 38 FPS, and the High-to-Ultra reduction is just 3 FPS. Notably, the only preset with a recorded minimum and maximum is Medium at each resolution — 1920x1080 (192 min, 259 max), 2560x1440 (138 min, 186 max), and 3840x2160 (87 min, 117 max) — suggesting that Medium exhibits more frame time variance than other presets, though the averages remain high.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-13700K is a 16-core, 24-thread processor based on Raptor Lake architecture, built on a 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 2 MB of L2 cache per core, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache. Its benchmark results are strong: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 30745 and single-core 2116, while Geekbench multi-core reaches 19429 and single-core 2529.

In Inside, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and physics calculations, which this processor handles with ease given the game's 2D nature. The 3DMark scores illustrate the CPU's threading capabilities: 16-thread performance is 10717, while max-thread performance is 12412, showing good scaling up to 16 threads. The single-thread score of 1136 and 2-thread score of 2262 indicate that even lightly threaded workloads are processed efficiently.

The CPU's 89th percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 46881, places it well above the median. Its nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (46971, -0.2%), AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 (47022, -0.3%), AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (46654, 0.5%), and Intel Xeon w3-2535 (46653, 0.5%) — are all within 0.5% of its score, indicating that the i7-13700K sits in a tightly contested performance band. For Inside, this CPU is never the limiting factor; the data shows that even at 1080p Low (282 FPS), the frame rate is not constrained by processor throughput.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 282 at 1080p to 203 at 1440p (a 28.0% reduction) and then to 127 at 4K (a 37.4% reduction from 1440p). This scaling pattern — a 77.8% pixel increase from 1080p to 1440p resulting in only a 28.0% FPS drop — indicates that at Low settings, the CPU is a significant constraint at 1080p, and the GPU has headroom that gets consumed as resolution rises.

At High settings, the drop from 1080p (141 FPS) to 1440p (101 FPS) is 28.4%, and from 1440p to 4K (64 FPS) is 36.6%. The similar percentage drops across settings suggest that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor earlier at higher presets. At Ultra settings, the progression is 134 FPS at 1080p, 97 FPS at 1440p (a 27.6% drop), and 61 FPS at 4K (a 37.1% drop), showing a consistent pattern where the 1440p-to-4K transition costs more performance than the 1080p-to-1440p transition.

The Medium preset, which has full data, shows the same trend: 226 FPS at 1080p, 162 FPS at 1440p (a 28.3% drop), and 102 FPS at 4K (a 37.0% drop). This consistent ~28% drop from 1080p to 1440p across all presets, despite a 77.8% pixel increase, points to the CPU providing a performance ceiling at 1080p that lifts as resolution increases. By 4K, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck, with all presets converging to a narrower range (61-127 FPS) compared to 1080p (134-282 FPS).

How This Combo Ranks

This Intel Core i7-13700K + AMD Radeon RX 7600 combination ranks 2500th out of 3716 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the 67th percentile of all configurations. This rank is notably lower than the CPU's individual 89th percentile standing among all processors, which suggests that the GPU is the weaker link in this pairing for this specific game.

The GPU's own percentile ranking is 57th among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 15171. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (15199, -0.2%), AMD Radeon Pro 560X (15082, 0.6%), AMD Radeon 680M (15270, -0.7%), and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (15063, 0.7%). This clustering indicates that the RX 7600 sits in a narrow performance band where many GPUs deliver near-identical results, and the 2500th rank reflects that this band is below the median for Inside.

However, the in-game rank should be interpreted with caution. The measured FPS data shows that this combo never drops below 61 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is a fully playable experience. The rank of 2500th out of 3716 means that 67.3% of tested combos perform better, but many of those likely feature higher-tier GPUs that are overkill for this 2016 puzzle platformer. The combination of a top-11% CPU and a mid-range GPU produces frame rates that exceed display refresh rate capabilities at 1080p and 1440p, with only the most demanding 4K Ultra preset dipping to the 60 FPS baseline. For a game of this genre and era, the practical performance is strong, even if the raw rank against all combos appears modest.