Inside

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER combination delivers a decisive performance sweep in Inside, a puzzle platformer from 2016. The measured data shows this pairing is never constrained by the CPU or GPU at standard refresh rates, though the scaling patterns reveal where each component's headroom begins and ends. Across all twelve tested configurations, the average frame rates range from a floor of 113.5 FPS at 4K Ultra to a ceiling of 450.8 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating that this hardware is vastly overqualified for the game's demands.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial but not uniform across settings presets, which tells a clear story about the limiting component. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p (450.8 FPS) to 1440p (391.7 FPS) represents a 13.1% reduction, and further dropping to 4K (247.2 FPS) cuts performance by an additional 36.9% relative to the 1440p result. This steep decline at 4K Low indicates that the GPU is becoming the bottleneck, as the CPU has ample headroom to feed frames at lower resolutions.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern: 418.7 FPS at 1080p, 309.5 FPS at 1440p, and 196.3 FPS at 4K. The percentage losses here are 26.1% from 1080p to 1440p, and 36.6% from 1440p to 4K. High settings follow the trend with 270.7 FPS, 198 FPS, and 119.6 FPS respectively, representing drops of 26.9% and 39.6%. Ultra settings produce the lowest absolute numbers—256 FPS at 1080p, 187 FPS at 1440p, and 113.5 FPS at 4K—with reductions of 27.0% and 39.3% across the resolution steps.

The consistent pattern across all presets is that the 1440p-to-4K transition costs roughly 37-40% of performance, while the 1080p-to-1440p step costs between 13% and 27% depending on settings. This indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is doing more of the work, as the game's simple geometry and lighting don't heavily tax the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The GPU's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 672.3 GB/s bandwidth are never close to being saturated, even at 4K, given the game's modest texture requirements. The data suggests that for this title, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the primary scaling factor at higher resolutions, while the Ultra 7 265K's 20 cores and 5.50 GHz boost clock ensure it never becomes a limiting factor even at 1080p Low where frame rates approach 451 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 2340 MHz base clock and 2610 MHz boost clock. Its 8448 shading units and 264 tensor cores provide massive compute throughput, though Inside's 2D side-scrolling perspective rarely exploits these resources fully. The GPU's 96 ROPs and 250.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are relevant for the game's resolution scaling, as the fill-rate demands increase linearly with pixel count from 1080p to 4K.

The memory subsystem plays a modest role here. With 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, the card offers 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is far beyond what this 2016 title requires. The measured frame rates confirm that memory bandwidth is not a constraint: even at 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 113.5 remains well above any threshold where texture streaming or memory allocation would become visible. The GPU's 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is similarly underutilized, as the game's simple shaders and lack of modern rendering features like ray tracing mean the tensor cores and RT cores (66 of them) sit idle.

The card's production status is listed as end-of-life, and its position in the benchmark database reflects a strong but not top-tier standing. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER achieves a percentile rank of 86 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 48,704. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA CMP 50HX (0.7% lower score), the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (1.6% higher), and the Intel Arc A550M (2.1% lower). These deltas are small, indicating that the GPU sits in a tightly contested performance band, though in Inside specifically, the card's high clock speeds and ample memory ensure it delivers far more than necessary.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER ranks 48th out of 1,671 tested combos in Inside, placing it in the top 2.9% of all configurations in the database. This high ranking is unsurprising given the game's age and the raw horsepower of both components. The CPU alone scores in the 97th percentile against all processors, with an average benchmark score of 79,102. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, scores 79,240 (0.2% higher), while the Intel Core i9-14900KF is also 0.2% higher at 79,245. The i9-14900K trails by 0.9% at 79,824, and the AMD EPYC 7413 is 1.2% behind at 80,041.

The GPU's 86th percentile ranking is lower than the CPU's, but the combo's overall position in Inside is elevated by the game's low system requirements. The rank of 48 out of 1,671 means that only 47 other combinations deliver higher average frame rates across the tested settings, which is a remarkable result for a pair that is not at the absolute top of either component hierarchy. The data indicates that most of the combos ranked above this one likely feature higher-end GPUs such as the RTX 4090 or RTX 4080 SUPER, though no such comparisons are provided in the fact pack. What is clear is that the 265K + 4070 Ti SUPER combination leaves virtually no performance on the table in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the results are consistently above 250 FPS across all settings. Low produces 450.8 FPS, Medium drops to 418.7 FPS (a 7.1% reduction), High comes in at 270.7 FPS (a 35.4% drop from Medium), and Ultra yields 256 FPS (a 5.4% reduction from High). The gap between Medium and High is the largest single-settings jump in the entire dataset, suggesting that the High preset enables effects that disproportionately impact frame rate on this hardware.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same settings hierarchy holds but with lower absolute values. Low averages 391.7 FPS, Medium 309.5 FPS, High 198 FPS, and Ultra 187 FPS. The percentage differences between settings at 1440p are 21.0% (Low to Medium), 36.0% (Medium to High), and 5.6% (High to Ultra). The consistency of the High-to-Ultra delta (around 5-6% at both 1080p and 1440p) indicates that Ultra adds relatively minor visual enhancements that cost little performance.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates remain playable even at the highest settings. Low averages 247.2 FPS, Medium 196.3 FPS, High 119.6 FPS, and Ultra 113.5 FPS. The Low-to-Medium drop is 20.6%, Medium-to-High is 39.1%, and High-to-Ultra is 5.1%. Notably, the 4K Ultra result of 113.5 FPS is still above 100 FPS, meaning that even the most demanding configuration in this test remains smooth on high-refresh displays. The 4K High result of 119.6 FPS is only 5.1% higher than Ultra, reinforcing that the Ultra preset's extra cost is minimal.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points to the High preset as the optimal balance for most users, as it delivers 270.7 FPS at 1080p, 198 FPS at 1440p, and 119.6 FPS at 4K. These numbers are all well above the 60 FPS threshold and approach or exceed 120 FPS at every resolution, making High the sweet spot for competitive or high-refresh gameplay. The jump from Medium to High costs 35-39% of performance, but the resulting frame rates remain high enough that the visual upgrade is worth the trade-off.

For users with 4K displays, the High preset's 119.6 FPS is nearly indistinguishable from Ultra's 113.5 FPS in terms of smoothness, making High the better choice to preserve frame rate headroom. The Ultra preset offers only a 5% performance penalty over High but delivers marginal visual improvements that may not be perceptible in a game with Inside's minimalist art style. Conversely, the Low preset's 247.2 FPS at 4K is overkill for any display, and the visual downgrade is significant enough that it is not recommended unless chasing absolute maximum frame rates on a 240 Hz or higher monitor.

At 1080p, the Medium preset's 418.7 FPS is more than sufficient for even the fastest esports displays, and it offers a substantial visual upgrade over Low while costing only 7.1% performance. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has enough headroom at 1080p that users can afford to prioritize image quality without sacrificing playability. Ultimately, the High preset provides the best experience across all three resolutions, as it maintains frame rates above 100 FPS even at 4K while delivering the most complete visual presentation short of Ultra's marginal gains.