Inside

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a top-tier combination that delivers exceptionally high frame rates in Inside, a 2016 Puzzle Platformer. The data indicates that this system is heavily overqualified for the game’s graphical demands, with performance often exceeding 200 FPS even at high resolutions and settings. The primary bottleneck is the game engine itself, as the CPU and GPU are capable of far more than the title requires, making this combination ideal for high-refresh-rate displays.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combo in Inside?*

A: The highest average frame rate is 418 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution with Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings, the combo delivers an average frame rate of 99 FPS.

Q: Is there a significant performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: Yes, the difference is substantial. At 2560x1440, Low settings produce an average of 332 FPS, while Ultra settings produce an average of 158 FPS, representing a 52% reduction in performance.

Q: What is the minimum frame rate recorded in the measured data?

A: The lowest minimum frame rate recorded is 142 FPS, which occurs at 3840x2160 resolution with Medium settings.

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ultra 7 265HX has an average benchmark score of 63173, which is effectively tied with the Intel Core i7-13790F, showing a deltaPct of 0.1% higher performance.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile ranks in the 84th percentile among all GPUs, indicating it is in the top 16% of all tested graphics processors.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data shows that the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile combination provides a playable experience at every tested settings preset, even at 4K resolution. The lowest average frame rate recorded across all configurations is 99 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which remains well above the standard 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. Therefore, the recommendation for the best experience depends on the user's display capabilities and preference for visual fidelity versus maximum frame rates.

For users with a 60Hz display, the Ultra preset at 3840x2160 is the optimal choice, as it delivers an average of 99 FPS and provides the highest visual quality without any risk of dropping below the refresh rate. The data shows that this preset is the most demanding, but the hardware handles it with ease.

For users with a 120Hz or 144Hz display, the High preset at 2560x1440 is the best balance, delivering an average of 166 FPS. This ensures that the frame rate consistently exceeds the display's refresh rate, providing a fluid experience without the need to compromise on visual quality. The Medium preset at this resolution offers a higher average of 266 FPS, but the visual difference between Medium and High is often more noticeable than the difference between High and Ultra.

For users with a high-refresh-rate display (240Hz or higher), the Low preset at 1920x1080 is the recommended choice, as it achieves an average of 418 FPS. This is the only configuration that consistently pushes frame rates high enough to fully utilize a 240Hz or 360Hz panel. Even the Medium preset at 1080p, which delivers 370 FPS, is a viable alternative for those who want slightly better visuals without sacrificing the high frame rate advantage.

The data shows that the Medium preset at 1920x1080 provides a good middle ground, with an average of 370 FPS and a minimum of 314 FPS, ensuring no noticeable stutter even in the most demanding scenes. Ultimately, the choice of settings should be driven by the display's refresh rate and the user's preference for visual detail over raw frame rate, as the hardware is capable of maxing out the game at all resolutions tested.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications are far beyond the requirements of Inside. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 576.0 GB/s. This immense memory capacity and bandwidth are completely unnecessary for a game like Inside, which has simple 2D side-scrolling visuals and limited texture detail. The data supports this, as the frame rates at 4K Ultra (99 FPS) are only slightly lower than at 1080p Ultra (220 FPS), suggesting that the GPU is not being stressed by the game's graphical load.

The GPU's clock speeds, with a base clock of 1335 MHz and a boost clock of 1695 MHz, are modest for a top-tier mobile GPU, but the architecture's efficiency compensates. The RTX 4090 Mobile is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and features 9728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 render output units. These specifications lead to a pixel rate of 189.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 515.3 GTexel/s, which are more than sufficient to handle the pixel art style of Inside at any resolution.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark scores reinforce its high-end positioning. It achieves a passmark G3D score of 27212 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 180831, placing it in the 84th percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rivals, such as the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 and the GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, have nearly identical average scores, with deltaPct values of 0.8% and 0.9% respectively. This indicates that the RTX 4090 Mobile is at the top of the mobile GPU hierarchy, but its performance in Inside is constrained by the game's simplicity rather than its own limitations.

The measured FPS data shows that the GPU can easily handle the game at maximum settings. The fact that the 4K Ultra preset still achieves an average of 99 FPS, while the 1080p Low preset hits 418 FPS, demonstrates that the GPU is not the limiting factor in any configuration. The VRAM capacity of 16 GB is similarly overkill, as the game likely uses a fraction of this memory, even at 4K resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile ranks 532nd out of 3716 tested combos in Inside. This places the combo in the top 14.3% of all tested systems, which is a strong showing, but not the absolute best. This ranking is interesting because the individual components are top-tier, but the ranking reflects the fact that Inside is not a demanding game, and many other combinations with less powerful hardware can achieve similar frame rates.

The combo's rank is likely influenced by the CPU's and GPU's performance in other, more demanding titles, where their strengths are more apparent. In Inside, the frame rates are so high that the differences between a high-end combo and a mid-range combo become less significant. For example, the RTX 4090 Mobile's 84th percentile ranking among GPUs is lower than what might be expected for the flagship mobile GPU, but this is because the benchmark suite includes a wide range of tasks, not just gaming.

The data shows that the combo's performance in Inside is more than adequate, with the lowest average frame rate being 99 FPS. The ranking of 532 out of 3716 suggests that while this is a very capable system, there are 531 other combos that deliver even higher frame rates in this specific game. This is likely due to the game's low system requirements, which allow less powerful CPUs and GPUs to also reach very high frame rates, narrowing the performance gap between different tiers of hardware.

The combo's position in the rankings reflects the law of diminishing returns in gaming performance. While the Core Ultra 7 265HX and RTX 4090 Mobile are excellent components, their full potential is not utilized in Inside, and the ranking reflects this. Users with this combo can expect a flawless experience, but they should not expect it to be the fastest system in the database for this particular title.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX is a 20-core, 20-thread processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This is a high-end mobile processor, but its role in Inside is minimal, as the game is not CPU-intensive. The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show it is a powerful processor, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 40642 and a single-core score of 5737. It also achieves a Passmark multi-thread score of 47985 and a single-thread score of 4500.

The CPU's 30 MB of shared L3 cache and 3 MB of L2 cache per core provide ample memory bandwidth for game logic and physics calculations, but Inside does not have complex simulations that would stress these resources. The processor's 93rd percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates it is significantly more powerful than the average processor, but this power is not reflected in the game's frame rates, which are primarily GPU-bound.

Comparing the Ultra 7 265HX to its nearest rivals shows it is well-positioned in the market. Its average benchmark score of 63173 is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i7-13790F and 0.5% higher than the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P185. It is 0.2% lower than the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450G and 0.7% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX. These small deltas indicate that the CPU's performance is in a tight competitive cluster, and the choice between these processors would likely have no noticeable impact on Inside's frame rates.

The CPU's integrated graphics, Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU, are not used in this configuration, as the system relies on the discrete RTX 4090 Mobile. The CPU's memory support for DDR5 and dual-channel memory bus provides a theoretical bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s, which is sufficient for feeding the GPU with game data. However, the measured FPS data shows that the CPU is not a bottleneck, as even at 1080p Low settings, the system achieves 418 FPS, which is far beyond what the game requires.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile shows a clear pattern of performance scaling across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the system delivers an average of 418 FPS on Low settings, 370 FPS on Medium, 231 FPS on High, and 220 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset also records a minimum FPS of 314 and a maximum of 425, indicating consistent performance without significant frame drops.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. The Low preset achieves an average of 332 FPS, while the Medium preset delivers 266 FPS with a minimum of 226 and a maximum of 306. The High preset drops to an average of 166 FPS, and the Ultra preset further reduces to an average of 158 FPS. The drop from Low to Ultra at this resolution is 174 FPS, or 52%, which is a significant reduction but still leaves the system well above playable thresholds.

At 3840x2160 (4K), the performance scales as expected. The Low preset delivers an average of 209 FPS, the Medium preset delivers 167 FPS with a minimum of 142 and a maximum of 192, the High preset drops to 104 FPS, and the Ultra preset delivers 99 FPS. The 4K Ultra setting is the most demanding configuration, but it still achieves an average of 99 FPS, which is a smooth experience for most users.

The data shows a consistent pattern: lower resolutions and lower settings yield higher frame rates, with the CPU and GPU working in tandem. The difference between Low and Ultra settings is most pronounced at 1080p, where the frame rate drops by 198 FPS (from 418 to 220), while at 4K, the difference is 110 FPS (from 209 to 99). This suggests that the GPU's workload increases more significantly at higher resolutions, but the RTX 4090 Mobile is powerful enough to maintain high frame rates in all configurations.

The minimum FPS data, available only for the Medium presets, shows that the system maintains stable performance. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 314 FPS, at 1440p Medium, the minimum is 226 FPS, and at 4K Medium, the minimum is 142 FPS. These minimums are all well above 60 FPS, indicating that the system never stutters or drops below a playable frame rate, even in the most demanding scenes. The maximum FPS values, also only available for Medium presets, show peaks of 425 FPS at 1080p, 306 FPS at 1440p, and 192 FPS at 4K, demonstrating the system's headroom for future demands.