Hitman 2

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Hitman 2 at 4K resolution?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the best recorded average is 27 FPS on Low settings. High, Medium, and Ultra averages are 16, 21, and 11 FPS respectively, all far below the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low and Medium both clear 60 FPS. Medium is the best playable preset, delivering an average of 60 FPS with a minimum of 51 FPS and a maximum of 69 FPS.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B390 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The Arc B390's average benchmark score is 1482. It sits about 1.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1463), 1.5% ahead of the GeForce 800M (1460), 2.5% ahead of the GT 625 OEM (1446), and 2.7% ahead of the GT 710 (1443).

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-13400F compare to similar CPUs?

A: The i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25292. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS scores 25284 (0% difference), the Intel Core 5 120 scores 25362 (0.3% lower), the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D scores 25365 (0.3% lower), and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H scores 25201 (0.4% higher).

Q: Is there any resolution where Ultra settings are playable?

A: No. At 1080p Ultra, the average FPS is 34. At 1440p Ultra, it drops to 21 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, only 11 FPS. No Ultra preset reaches 60 FPS at any tested resolution.

Q: Does the game scale well from 1080p to 1440p and 4K?

A: Scaling is steep and consistent. Low settings drop from 80 FPS at 1080p to 51 FPS at 1440p (36% lower), then to 27 FPS at 4K (47% lower from 1440p). Medium drops from 60 FPS at 1080p to 39 FPS at 1440p, then to 21 FPS at 4K. High drops from 46 FPS to 29 FPS to 16 FPS across the same progression.

CPU and GPU Roles

The data indicates a clear GPU-bound scenario for this combination in Hitman 2, with the Intel Arc B390 acting as the limiting factor at every resolution and settings level. The CPU, Intel Core i5-13400F, has a 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs and a multithreaded PassMark score of 25032, which places it well above the demands of a 2018 stealth title. Meanwhile, the GPU sits at only the 9th percentile among all GPUs, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1482. The extreme gap between these two percentiles suggests that the processor is never the bottleneck; rather, the integrated graphics solution determines the frame rate.

Examining the scaling between resolutions confirms this. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 80 FPS at 1920x1080 to 51 FPS at 2560x1440, a drop of 29 FPS. Moving from 1440p to 3840x2160, the average falls another 24 FPS to 27 FPS. This near-linear decline with pixel count is characteristic of a GPU that runs out of fillrate and shading capacity as resolution increases. The Arc B390's pixel rate is 60.00 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 120.0 GTexel/s, numbers that are simply too low to sustain high resolution rendering in a modern game engine.

The settings scaling further reinforces the GPU-bound interpretation. At 1080p, the delta between Low and Ultra is 46 FPS (80 to 34), a 57.5% reduction. At 1440p, the same settings gap produces a 30 FPS difference (51 to 21). At 4K, the delta narrows to 16 FPS (27 to 11), which suggests that even at Low settings, the GPU is already saturated and additional graphical features have diminishing relative impact. A CPU-bound scenario would show more consistent frame rates across resolutions at the same settings, because the CPU workload does not scale with pixel count. Instead, the data shows the opposite: frame rates collapse as resolution climbs, pointing squarely at the GPU as the limiting component.

For players who want to understand which component matters more, the answer is unambiguous. At 1080p Low, the combination reaches 80 FPS, which is near the practical ceiling for this GPU. At 1080p Medium, the average drops to exactly 60 FPS, and at High it falls to 46 FPS. The i5-13400F, with its 10 cores and 16 threads, has ample headroom for Hitman 2's AI, physics, and scripting. The recorded data shows no scenario where CPU performance would explain the frame rate differences between presets. Every measured drop aligns with GPU workload increases.

At 1440p, no settings preset reaches 60 FPS. The best average is 51 FPS at Low, which is 9 FPS short of the playable threshold. At 4K, even Low settings produce only 27 FPS, which is less than half the playable threshold. These results confirm that the GPU is not just the primary bottleneck but the sole determining factor for playability. The CPU's role in this pairing is to keep up with the game's logic without introducing stutter or frame pacing issues, and given its benchmark scores, it does so comfortably.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080 (Full HD):

At Low settings, the combination averages 80 FPS, the highest recorded result in the entire dataset. Medium settings average exactly 60 FPS, with a minimum of 51 FPS and a maximum of 69 FPS. High settings average 46 FPS, and Ultra drops to 34 FPS on average. The playable presets are Low and Medium, with Medium being the best playable option because it stays at the 60 FPS threshold with a 9 FPS minimum buffer.

2560x1440 (Quad HD):

Low settings average 51 FPS, which is 9 FPS short of playable. Medium settings average 39 FPS, with a minimum of 33 FPS and a maximum of 44 FPS. High settings average 29 FPS, and Ultra drops to 21 FPS. No settings preset at 1440p reaches the 60 FPS playable threshold.

3840x2160 (4K Ultra HD):

Low settings average 27 FPS. Medium settings average 21 FPS, with a minimum of 17 FPS and a maximum of 24 FPS. High settings average 16 FPS, and Ultra averages 11 FPS. No settings preset at 4K approaches playable frame rates.

The full measured data set shows a consistent pattern: frame rates halve roughly every time the resolution doubles in pixel count, and settings presets have a linear effect on performance within each resolution. The best playable configuration across the entire test matrix is 1080p Medium, which delivers exactly 60 FPS average while maintaining a minimum of 51 FPS, giving a small but real buffer above the 60 FPS threshold for most of the scene.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals in the database are all within a 0.4% band of the i5-13400F's average benchmark score of 25292. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS matches at 25284, essentially identical in performance. The Intel Core 5 120 scores 25362, which is 0.3% lower. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D also scores 25365, also 0.3% lower. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800H scores 25201, which is 0.4% higher. In practice, any of these processors would deliver nearly identical frame rates in Hitman 2, meaning the CPU choice has no meaningful impact on the playability findings for this game.

For the GPU, the situation is more dramatic. The Intel Arc B390's average benchmark score is 1482, and its nearest rivals are all legacy NVIDIA parts from a much older era. The GeForce GT 520MX scores 1463, which is 1.3% lower. The GeForce 800M scores 1460, 1.5% lower. The GeForce GT 625 OEM scores 1446, 2.5% lower. The GeForce GT 710 scores 1443, 2.7% lower. These deltas are small enough that swapping the Arc B390 for any of these would produce virtually indistinguishable frame rates in Hitman 2. The performance class is the same: all of these GPUs sit in the bottom 10th percentile of the database, and all would struggle to maintain playable frame rates at any resolution above 1080p Low.

What this means for the user is that the CPU is not the limiting factor at all, and upgrading the CPU would do nothing for Hitman 2 performance. The GPU is the bottleneck, and its nearest rivals are all equally weak. To achieve 60 FPS at 1440p or 4K, the user would need to move to a completely different GPU performance tier, one that is not represented in this combination's nearest rival list.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Hitman 2? The answer depends entirely on resolution and settings. At 1920x1080, the verdict is yes for Low and Medium presets. The best playable settings list includes Low and Medium, with Medium being the best playable setting, delivering an average of 60 FPS. At 1080p High, the average falls to 46 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold, and 1080p Ultra averages 34 FPS, clearly not playable.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is no for all settings. The playable settings list is empty, meaning no preset at 1440p reaches 60 FPS. The best average at this resolution is 51 FPS on Low, which misses the playable threshold by 9 FPS. At 3840x2160, the verdict is also no for all settings, with no playable presets recorded. The best 4K average is 27 FPS on Low, less than half the playable threshold.

The best overall configuration in the measured data is 1080p Medium, with an average of 60 FPS, a minimum of 51 FPS, and a maximum of 69 FPS. This is the only settings preset in the entire dataset that both clears the 60 FPS average threshold and maintains a minimum above 50 FPS. For users who want a smooth experience, 1080p Medium is the ceiling. For users willing to accept lower frame rates, 1080p Low offers 80 FPS but with no recorded minimum or maximum, so stability cannot be fully assessed from the data.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific CPU and GPU combination ranks 3300 out of 3711 tested combinations in the database for Hitman 2. That places it in the bottom 11% of all tested systems, near the marginal tier. The rank reflects the GPU's severe limitation: the Arc B390 is at the 9th percentile among all GPUs, and its nearest rivals are all legacy parts that are similarly weak. The CPU, by contrast, is in the top 23% of CPUs, but its strength cannot compensate for the GPU's lack of rendering power.

The practical implication is straightforward. A system with this pairing should be considered a low-end configuration for Hitman 2. It can handle the game at 1080p Low and Medium, nothing more. The recorded data does not show any path to 60 FPS at higher resolutions, and the nearest GPU rivals confirm that the GPU performance class is far below the game's demands for anything beyond the lowest presets. For users who own this combination, the takeaway is to stick to 1080p Low or Medium, and understand that the game will never run at 60 FPS at 1440p or 4K with the current hardware pairing.