Inside

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX delivers extremely high frame rates in Inside, a 2016 puzzle platformer that is far from demanding by modern standards. Across all tested resolutions and settings, this combination never drops below an average of 115 FPS, and at 1080p Low it reaches 456 FPS. The data indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor as resolution increases, while the CPU’s 24 cores and 5.50 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom even at lower settings where frame rates exceed 400 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo produces an average of 115 FPS. This is the lowest average recorded in the entire measured dataset, yet it remains well above standard 60 Hz display refresh rates.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in overall benchmark scores?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus has an average benchmark score of 93785, placing it in the 96th percentile of all CPUs. Its closest rival, the Intel Xeon 6520P, scores 93786, which is a 0% delta. The AMD EPYC 4564P trails by 1.5%, and the AMD EPYC 9175F is 1.9% behind.

Q: What is the GPU’s VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s. The memory clock is listed as 2500 MHz with 20 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the difference in average FPS between 1080p Low and 4K Low?

A: At 1920x1080 Low, the average is 456 FPS. Dropping to 3840x2160 Low, the average falls to 242 FPS. This represents a 214 FPS reduction, or roughly 47% lower performance when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same settings.

Q: Does the combo rank high among all tested combinations for this game?

A: Yes. The combination ranks 122nd out of 2887 tested combos for Inside, placing it in the top 4.2% of all configurations in the database.

Q: What are the core and thread counts of the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus?

A: The CPU has 24 cores and 24 threads, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. Its TDP is rated at 125 W, and it supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It contains 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die. The GPU has 6144 shading units, 384 texture mapping units, and 192 render output units, along with 96 ray tracing cores. Its pixel rate is 479.6 GPixel/s and texture rate is 959.2 GTexel/s, while FP32 performance reaches 61.39 TFLOPS.

Memory configuration is substantial: 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus with 960.0 GB/s bandwidth. The base clock is 1929 MHz, with a game clock of 2365 MHz and boost clock of 2498 MHz. The memory clock runs at 2500 MHz, translating to 20 Gbps effective. This large memory pool and high bandwidth are more than sufficient for Inside, a game released in 2016 that does not demand large texture buffers or high-bandwidth data streaming.

The GPU’s benchmark results show a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6841, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 50465, and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 85612. Passmark scores include 31238 for G3D and 17689 for GPU compute. The GPU’s percentile vs all GPUs is 64, with an average benchmark score of 19410. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (0.4% higher score), NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (1% lower), and AMD FirePro D300 (1.2% lower). Notably, the RX 7900 XTX sits close to much older, lower-tier cards in aggregate benchmark scores, but this does not reflect its actual gaming performance in Inside, where it delivers exceptionally high frame rates.

In Inside, the GPU role is primarily about sustaining high frame rates at 4K. The measured data shows 115 FPS at 4K Ultra and 121 FPS at 4K High, indicating the GPU is the limiting factor at this resolution. At 1080p, the GPU is not stressed; even at 1080p Ultra, the average is 255 FPS, and at 1080p Low it reaches 456 FPS. The GPU’s 24 GB VRAM is never a constraint, as Inside is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platformer with modest texture requirements. The high boost clock of 2498 MHz ensures that even at lower resolutions, the GPU can keep up with the CPU’s output, though the data shows CPU limits are reached first at 1080p.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of scaling from 1080p to 4K across all settings. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 456 at 1920x1080 to 385 at 2560x1440, then to 242 at 3840x2160. This represents a 47% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the averages are 421, 308, and 194 FPS respectively, a 54% drop from 1080p to 4K. High settings show 268 FPS at 1080p, 193 at 1440p, and 121 at 4K, a 55% reduction. Ultra settings show the smallest absolute numbers but a similar relative drop: 255 at 1080p, 184 at 1440p, and 115 at 4K, a 55% decline.

The pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component at 4K. At 1080p, the frame rates are so high that the CPU’s processing speed is the bottleneck, particularly at Low and Medium settings where the GPU has less work to do. The difference between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings is 71 FPS (456 to 385), while the difference between 1440p and 4K at Low is 143 FPS (385 to 242). This larger drop at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU’s rendering capacity is being saturated.

For Medium settings, the data includes min and max FPS values. At 1080p Medium, the min is 358 and max is 484, an average of 421. At 1440p Medium, min is 262 and max is 355, averaging 308. At 4K Medium, min is 165 and max is 223, averaging 194. The spread between min and max narrows as resolution increases, suggesting that frame time consistency improves when the GPU is fully utilized, rather than being held back by CPU limitations.

The scaling behavior is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at 4K. The RX 7900 XTX, despite its high memory bandwidth, cannot maintain the same frame rates at 4K as it does at 1080p. However, even the lowest average of 115 FPS at 4K Ultra is far above playable thresholds. The data shows that this combo is overkill for Inside at any resolution, with the GPU never dropping below 115 FPS average.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX ranks 122nd out of 2887 tested combos for Inside. This places it in the top 4.2% of all configurations in the database. The rank reflects the overall performance of the pair, but given the game’s low system requirements, the absolute rank is more indicative of the hardware’s raw capability than any game-specific optimization.

To contextualize, the CPU alone sits in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 93785. Its nearest rivals are all server or workstation processors: the Intel Xeon 6520P (93786, 0% delta), AMD EPYC 4564P (95183, -1.5%), AMD EPYC 9175F (95615, -1.9%), and AMD EPYC 4565P (95764, -2.1%). The CPU is effectively tied with the Xeon 6520P, while trailing the EPYC parts by small margins in synthetic workloads.

The GPU, by contrast, has a percentile of 64 and an average benchmark score of 19410. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (19334, 0.4% higher), NVIDIA Quadro K5200 (19602, -1%), AMD FirePro D300 (19637, -1.2%), and NVIDIA TITAN Xp (19177, 1.2%). This is a surprising grouping, as the RX 7900 XTX is a modern high-end card, while the GTX 1060 and FirePro D300 are older, lower-tier products. The aggregate benchmark scores may not fully capture gaming performance, but the data shows that the GPU’s synthetic average is modest relative to its real-world gaming results in Inside.

The combo rank of 122 out of 2887 suggests that many other combinations outperform this pair in this game, but the measured FPS data tells a different story: the frame rates are exceptionally high across all settings and resolutions. The rank likely includes many combos with higher-end GPUs or CPUs that push frame rates even higher, but with Inside’s simple graphics, the practical difference between 115 FPS and 200 FPS is minimal. The data indicates that this combo is in the upper echelon of performance for this title.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is a 24-core, 24-thread processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, based on the Arrow Lake Refresh architecture. It is manufactured on a 3 nm process by TSMC, with 17,800 million transistors on a 243 mm² die. The base clock is 3.70 GHz, with a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 3 MB of L2 per core, and 36 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration with a memory bandwidth of 115.2 GB/s, and ECC memory is supported.

Benchmark results for the CPU show strong multi-threaded performance. Cinebench R15 multicore scores 6656, while singlecore is 354. Cinebench R20 scores are 24461 multicore and 3453 singlecore. Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 44253, with singlecore at 2439. Passmark tests show a multithread score of 68574, single thread of 5068, and physics of 4064. Data compression scores 804322, data encryption 59097, and extended instructions 63506. Integer math scores 175986, floating point math 229491, and find prime numbers 615. Random string sorting scores 96945.

In Inside, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic updates. Given that Inside is a puzzle platformer with relatively simple 2D rendering, the CPU is not heavily taxed. The measured FPS data confirms this: at 1080p Low, the average is 456 FPS, which is likely near the CPU’s maximum frame output for this game. The fact that 1080p Medium (421 FPS) and 1080p High (268 FPS) are lower than 1080p Low suggests that the GPU is taking on more work at higher settings, but the CPU still has headroom.

The 24 cores and 24 threads are far more than Inside requires, as the game likely uses only a few threads. However, the high boost clock of 5.50 GHz is beneficial for single-threaded performance, which is what most games rely on. The singlecore Cinebench R23 score of 2439 and Passmark single thread score of 5068 indicate strong per-core performance. At 4K resolutions, the CPU is not the bottleneck, as the GPU’s rendering load dominates. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the average is 115 FPS, which is still limited by the GPU, not the CPU.

The CPU’s 125 W TDP and Intel Socket 1851 platform are consistent with a desktop processor aimed at high-end gaming and productivity. Its release date is March 2026, with a launch MSRP of $299. The processor’s average benchmark score of 93785 places it in the 96th percentile, confirming its position as a top-tier chip. For Inside, the CPU provides more than enough processing power, as evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p where CPU limits are more likely to be reached.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX combination covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). All measurements are marked as measured data, not estimates.

At 1920x1080, the average FPS values are: Low at 456, Medium at 421 (with a min of 358 and max of 484), High at 268, and Ultra at 255. The difference between Low and Ultra is 201 FPS, indicating that GPU settings have a significant impact even at 1080p. The min FPS for Medium at 358 is higher than the average FPS for High and Ultra, showing that frame pacing remains consistent.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 385, Medium at 308 (min 262, max 355), High at 193, and Ultra at 184. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is most pronounced at Low settings (456 to 385, a 71 FPS decrease) and least pronounced at Ultra (255 to 184, a 71 FPS decrease as well, but as a percentage, the Ultra drop is larger). The Medium setting’s min of 262 is still above 1440p High’s average of 193.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 242, Medium at 194 (min 165, max 223), High at 121, and Ultra at 115. The drop from 1440p to 4K is steepest at Low settings (385 to 242, a 143 FPS decrease) and smallest at Ultra (184 to 115, a 69 FPS decrease). The 4K Medium min of 165 and max of 223 show a narrower range compared to lower resolutions, indicating more consistent frame times when the GPU is fully loaded.

The highest measured average is 456 FPS at 1080p Low, while the lowest is 115 FPS at 4K Ultra. Across all 12 measurements, the average is consistently above 100 FPS, with only 4K High and 4K Ultra falling below 200 FPS. The data shows that this combo can easily handle Inside at maximum settings on a 4K display, with a 115 FPS average at Ultra. At 1080p, the frame rates are so high that they exceed the refresh rates of most gaming monitors, making the CPU the limiting factor in some cases.

The Medium settings measurements are the only ones with min and max FPS values. At 1080p Medium, the spread is 126 FPS (358 to 484). At 1440p Medium, the spread is 93 FPS (262 to 355). At 4K Medium, the spread is 58 FPS (165 to 223). This narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, reducing the impact of CPU-induced frame time spikes. Overall, the measured FPS breakdown confirms that this combination delivers exceptional performance in Inside, regardless of resolution or settings.