Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a highly playable Hitman 2 experience across most settings, with the data clearly indicating that the Medium preset at 1080p or 1440p offers the optimal balance of visual fidelity and performance. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset achieves an average of 117.9 FPS, which is substantial headroom above the 90.8 FPS seen at High and nearly double the 68.6 FPS at Ultra. The Low preset at this resolution reaches 160.2 FPS, but the jump from Low to Medium costs only 42.3 FPS while providing a significant visual upgrade. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset delivers 77.1 FPS, which remains smoothly playable on standard 60 Hz displays, while the High preset drops to 55.7 FPS, a more noticeable compromise. For users prioritizing frame rate over all else, the Low preset at 1440p yields 103.9 FPS, but the Medium preset at this resolution is the recommended starting point for most configurations. The Ultra preset, producing 44.5 FPS at 1440p and 21.8 FPS at 4K, is clearly not viable for consistent gameplay with this hardware, making it a setting best reserved for screenshot purposes or future GPU upgrades.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600, built on the Zen 2 architecture with a 7 nm process, contributes 6 cores and 12 threads to the system. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz are modest by modern standards, but the processor’s benchmark data indicates strong multi-threaded capability for its class. In Cinebench R23, the CPU scores 15045 in multi-core and 2124 in single-core, while PassMark multi-thread and single-thread scores are 17700 and 2562, respectively. These figures suggest that the CPU is seldom the primary bottleneck in Hitman 2, a game known for its engine scalability. The 32 MB shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide ample data throughput for the game’s crowd and physics simulations. The processor’s 3DMark scores, particularly the 8-thread result of 3844 and max-thread result of 4603, show consistent scaling as thread count increases, which aligns with Hitman 2’s ability to utilize multiple cores for AI and scene management. In practical terms, the CPU’s performance relative to its nearest rivals is nearly identical: it trails the Intel Core i5-11400 by a negligible 0.1% and the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 by 0.2%, while leading the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS by 0.2%. This parity means that in CPU-bound scenarios, the Ryzen 5 3600 will not be the differentiating factor in frame rates. The 65 W TDP and unlocked multiplier suggest thermal headroom for overclocking, which could marginally improve minimum frame rates in dense urban maps, but the measured data shows that even at stock settings, the CPU keeps pace with the GPU’s output across all tested resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, based on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process, is the dominant component in this pairing. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for Hitman 2’s high-resolution textures but becomes a constraint at 4K Ultra settings. The GPU’s clocks are listed at a base of 1605 MHz and a boost of 1770 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs deliver a raw FP32 performance of 9.062 TFLOPS, which is reflected in its PassMark G3D score of 18169. The GPU’s percentile ranking of 65 against all GPUs places it in the upper mid-range, and its nearest rivals show close competition: it trails the NVIDIA RTX A400 by 0.5% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile by 2.3%, while leading the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z by 0.9% and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 by 2.5%. In Hitman 2, the GPU’s role becomes increasingly critical as resolution rises. At 1080p, the GPU is not fully taxed at Low settings (160.2 FPS), but at Ultra, the frame rate drops to 68.6 FPS, indicating that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are being pushed. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for 1080p and 1440p at all presets, but at 4K Ultra, the combination of high-resolution textures and heavy post-processing effects likely exceeds the memory buffer, contributing to the severe frame rate collapse to 21.8 FPS. The GPU’s 215 W TDP and requirement for a 550 W PSU suggest a power-hungry component, but the benchmark results show that it delivers consistent performance headroom at lower resolutions, making it the primary driver of the system’s overall gaming capability.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1114 out of 1795 tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the 38th percentile of all system configurations. This ranking is notably lower than what the individual component benchmarks might suggest, indicating that the pairing is not optimally balanced for this particular game. The CPU’s percentile of 76 and GPU’s percentile of 65 are both respectable, but the combo rank reveals that Hitman 2 is more sensitive to GPU performance than CPU throughput. The data shows that this combo sits in the lower half of tested configurations, which is surprising given the hardware’s capabilities. This suggests that many other tested combos feature more powerful GPUs or better-matched CPU-GPU pairs. The rank of 1114 out of 1795 means that approximately 681 combos perform worse, but 1113 perform better, placing this system in the lower-middle tier of the database. This positioning is consistent with the measured FPS data, which shows that the system struggles to maintain playable frame rates at 4K Ultra (21.8 FPS) and only achieves acceptable performance at 1080p Medium. The deltaPct values from the nearest rivals indicate that the CPU is not the limiting factor, as it performs within 0.3% of the AMD EPYC 9274F, which is a server-class processor. Therefore, the combo’s modest ranking is attributable to the GPU’s mid-range standing relative to other tested graphics cards. For users seeking higher rankings, upgrading the GPU would yield more significant improvements than changing the CPU, as the RTX 2070 SUPER’s performance ceiling is the primary constraint in Hitman 2’s most demanding settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data across resolutions reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling, with the RTX 2070 SUPER being the limiting component as resolution increases. At 1080p, the Low preset achieves 160.2 FPS, which drops to 117.9 FPS at Medium, 90.8 FPS at High, and 68.6 FPS at Ultra. Moving to 1440p, the same presets yield 103.9, 77.1, 55.7, and 44.5 FPS respectively. At 4K, the performance collapses further: 54.6 FPS at Low, 39.6 FPS at Medium, 30.4 FPS at High, and 21.8 FPS at Ultra. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is relatively consistent, with an average FPS drop of approximately 37% across all presets (e.g., 160.2 to 103.9 at Low, 90.8 to 55.7 at High). This consistent percentage drop indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the CPU’s performance is unaffected by resolution changes. However, from 1440p to 4K, the scaling becomes more severe, with a 47% average FPS drop (e.g., 103.9 to 54.6 at Low, 44.5 to 21.8 at Ultra). This steeper decline suggests that at 4K, the GPU’s memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s and 8 GB VRAM capacity are being overwhelmed, particularly at higher presets. The data shows that the Low preset at 4K still achieves 54.6 FPS, which is playable, but the Medium preset drops to 39.6 FPS, indicating that the GPU cannot sustain the increased texture and shading loads. The 4K Ultra result of 21.8 FPS is below playable thresholds, confirming that this resolution is not viable for this combo beyond Low settings. The scaling behavior conclusively demonstrates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the limiting factor, as the CPU’s 12 threads and 4.20 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the GPU at all resolutions, evidenced by the fact that frame rates scale predictably with pixel count rather than showing CPU-related anomalies.