Hitman 2

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for Hitman 2 with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 show a clear hierarchy across settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 226.2 FPS, Medium delivers 176.2 FPS, High delivers 132.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 97.8 FPS. The step from Medium to High costs 43.5 FPS, while the step from High to Ultra costs 34.9 FPS. This indicates that Ultra imposes a substantial penalty for marginal visual gain, whereas High remains comfortably above the 120 FPS threshold for high-refresh-rate displays.

At 2560x1440, the pattern intensifies. Low produces 153.7 FPS, Medium produces 111.3 FPS, High produces 88.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 61.9 FPS. Here, Medium is the only preset that stays above 100 FPS, while High still clears 60 FPS with a 28.9 FPS margin. Ultra at 61.9 FPS is playable but leaves little headroom for dips. At 3840x2160, the situation reverses: Low delivers 81.6 FPS, Medium delivers 58.4 FPS, High delivers 48.8 FPS, and Ultra drops to 35.5 FPS. Only Low reaches a smooth 60 FPS at 4K.

The best experience per the measured rows depends on the target display. For 1080p, High is the recommended preset because it delivers 132.7 FPS, which is 34.9 FPS higher than Ultra while remaining well above 120 FPS. For 1440p, Medium at 111.3 FPS offers the best balance, as it is 22.4 FPS higher than High and 49.4 FPS higher than Ultra. For 4K, Low at 81.6 FPS is the only preset that achieves fluid motion, since Medium drops to 58.4 FPS and High to 48.8 FPS.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth is a central factor in Hitman 2’s performance scaling. The GPU’s boost clock of 2475 MHz and base clock of 1920 MHz, combined with 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units, drive the rasterization workload. The pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s explain why the card handles 1080p with ease but struggles at 4K Ultra.

The benchmark data shows a steep degradation as resolution increases. From 1080p Low (226.2 FPS) to 4K Low (81.6 FPS), the drop is 144.6 FPS, or roughly 64%. From 1080p Ultra (97.8 FPS) to 4K Ultra (35.5 FPS), the drop is 62.3 FPS. This is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, where the 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 29.15 TFLOPS FP32 throughput become limiting factors. The GPU’s 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores are present, but the measured rows do not include ray tracing data, so their impact cannot be quantified here.

The RTX 4070’s percentile rank of 81 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37283, places it ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507 score, -0.6% delta) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135 score, -2.2% delta). In Hitman 2, the GPU’s role is most apparent at 4K, where even Medium settings yield only 58.4 FPS, indicating that the card’s compute resources are saturated by the game’s rendering demands at that resolution.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 contributes 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide the memory subsystem for feeding the GPU. The CPU’s benchmark results show a single-thread score of 696 in 3DMark and 2124 in Cinebench R23, while multithreaded scores reach 4605 in 3DMark max threads and 15045 in Cinebench R23.

In Hitman 2, the CPU’s role is evident at lower resolutions where the GPU is not the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the system produces 226.2 FPS, which is 72.5 FPS higher than at 1440p Low (153.7 FPS). This suggests that at 1080p, the GPU has enough headroom to render frames faster than the CPU can feed it, but the CPU still manages to keep up with over 200 FPS. The CPU’s percentile rank of 76 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 18129, places it nearly identical to the Intel Core i5-11400 (18150 score, -0.1% delta) and slightly ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (18101 score, 0.2% delta).

The data indicates that the Ryzen 5 3600 does not bottleneck the RTX 4070 at 1080p High, where 132.7 FPS is achieved. However, the gap between 1080p Low (226.2 FPS) and 1080p Medium (176.2 FPS) shows that the CPU can sustain high frame rates, but the GPU’s workload increases with settings. At 4K, the CPU role diminishes as the GPU becomes the primary limiter; the difference between 4K Low (81.6 FPS) and 4K High (48.8 FPS) is 32.8 FPS, driven almost entirely by GPU load.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable at 1080p with this combination?

A: The highest measured average FPS at 1920x1080 is 226.2 FPS, achieved with the Low settings preset. Medium delivers 176.2 FPS, High delivers 132.7 FPS, and Ultra delivers 97.8 FPS.

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra in Hitman 2?

A: No. The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 35.5 FPS, which is 24.5 FPS below the 60 FPS threshold. Even High settings at 4K only reach 48.8 FPS, so only Low (81.6 FPS) and Medium (58.4 FPS) approach or exceed 60 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 3600 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 3600 has an average benchmark score of 18129, which is 0.1% lower than the Intel Core i5-11400 (18150) and 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (18101). It also trails the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (18158) by 0.2%.

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 132.7 at 1920x1080 to 88.9 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 43.8 FPS. The further drop to 4K High (48.8 FPS) represents another 40.1 FPS decrease.

Q: Is the RTX 4070's 12 GB VRAM sufficient for Hitman 2 at 4K?

A: The measured data does not include VRAM usage metrics, so a definitive answer on VRAM capacity cannot be provided. However, the FPS results show that the GPU’s memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s and 12 GB capacity do not prevent playable frame rates at 4K Low (81.6 FPS), though Ultra settings drop to 35.5 FPS.

Q: Which settings preset offers the largest FPS gain over Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low offers a 91.8 FPS advantage over Ultra (153.7 vs 61.9 FPS). Medium offers a 49.4 FPS advantage (111.3 vs 61.9 FPS), and High offers a 27.0 FPS advantage (88.9 vs 61.9 FPS).

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU shifts. At Low settings, the system delivers 226.2 FPS at 1080p, 153.7 FPS at 1440p, and 81.6 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 72.5 FPS (a 32% reduction), and from 1440p to 4K is another 72.1 FPS (a 47% reduction). This non-linear scaling is characteristic of a GPU that becomes increasingly pixel-bound as resolution rises.

At Medium settings, the numbers are 176.2 FPS (1080p), 111.3 FPS (1440p), and 58.4 FPS (4K). The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 64.9 FPS, while the 1440p-to-4K drop is 52.9 FPS. At High settings, the figures are 132.7 FPS, 88.9 FPS, and 48.8 FPS, with drops of 43.8 FPS and 40.1 FPS, respectively. At Ultra, the values are 97.8 FPS, 61.9 FPS, and 35.5 FPS, with drops of 35.9 FPS and 26.4 FPS.

The pattern shows that at lower settings, the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is larger in absolute terms (144.6 FPS for Low) but still proportionally significant. At higher settings, the absolute drops shrink because the GPU is already heavily loaded at 1080p. The fact that 1080p Low (226.2 FPS) is more than double 4K Low (81.6 FPS) indicates that the RTX 4070’s pixel throughput is the limiting factor at 4K, while the CPU’s 12 threads and 4.20 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS table for the Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 4070 in Hitman 2 is as follows:

1920x1080:

• Low: 226.2 FPS average
• Medium: 176.2 FPS average
• High: 132.7 FPS average
• Ultra: 97.8 FPS average

2560x1440:

• Low: 153.7 FPS average
• Medium: 111.3 FPS average
• High: 88.9 FPS average
• Ultra: 61.9 FPS average

3840x2160:

• Low: 81.6 FPS average
• Medium: 58.4 FPS average
• High: 48.8 FPS average
• Ultra: 35.5 FPS average

Across all resolutions, the Low preset provides the highest frame rates, with a 49.9 FPS advantage over Medium at 1080p, a 42.4 FPS advantage at 1440p, and a 23.2 FPS advantage at 4K. The Medium preset consistently outperforms High by 43.5 FPS at 1080p, 22.4 FPS at 1440p, and 9.6 FPS at 4K. The High preset outperforms Ultra by 34.9 FPS at 1080p, 27.0 FPS at 1440p, and 13.3 FPS at 4K.

The combo rank of 532 out of 1795 combinations places this pairing in the upper third of all tested CPU-GPU combinations for Hitman 2. The data shows that at 1080p, all presets except Ultra exceed 120 FPS, making the system suitable for high-refresh-rate gaming. At 1440p, only Low and Medium exceed 100 FPS, while High and Ultra remain above 60 FPS. At 4K, only Low exceeds 60 FPS, and Ultra falls below 40 FPS. This breakdown provides a clear reference for users targeting specific resolutions and refresh rates.