Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination delivers a remarkably wide spread of performance across Hitman 2’s resolution and settings matrix. Measured results show the pairing is capable of triple-digit frame rates at 1080p in the lowest and lowest-plus presets, yet high settings at 4K pull that claim down to a 44 FPS average. The full dataset provides a clear picture of where the CPU and GPU each dominate.

Resolution Scaling

Looking at the measured frame rates, a consistent pattern appears: as resolution increases, average FPS falls—but the magnitude of the drop depends on the quality preset. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 227 FPS; at 1440p Low the average is 145; at 4K Low it declines to 77—a drop that indicates the GPU becomes the active timeout at higher resolutions. In the High preset, the scaling is even steeper: 128 FPS at 1080p, 82 at 1440p, and 44 at 4K. The Ultra preset shows an aggressive drop, with 95 FPS at 1080p, 61 at 1440p, and just 32 at 4K. This behavior suggests that the RTX 3080 is fully loaded at 4K Ultra, and the Ryzen 5 5500 is not the limiting factor at any resolution. Notice that at 1080p the FPS difference between Low and Ultra is large (227 to 95), indicating that the GPU’s shading, memory, and clock speed have the upper hand. The data also shows that the Medium preset at 4K (58 FPS) sits very close to the 60 FPS mark, while 4K High (44 FPS) and 4K Ultra (32 FPS) are clearly below it. This granularity demonstrates that the card’s 10 GB of GDDR6X memory and 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth allow Medium settings to remain fluid at 4K, but geometry and shading complexity push the engine too far on High and Ultra.

This Combo Ranks

In the database, this exact CPU–GPU pairing is ranked 1078 out of 3711 tested combinations for Hitman 6. That placement, just under the higher third of the rankings, reflects the fact that the RTX 3080 is an older flagship but the Ryzen 5 5500 is a mid-range AMD processor. The CPU’s passmark-style benchmark places it in the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19593; the GPU’s average benchmark score is 23172, with a percentile placement of 68. Looked at together, the two separate rankings don’t sum to a top-tier overall placement, and the in-game rank mirrors that separation. The combo does, however, exceed the performance of several CPU rivals within ±1% of the Ryzen’s average score, including the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (–0.1%), Intel Core i5-12500 (–0.4%), and Intel Core i7-10700F (+0.5%). On the GPU side, the average benchmark score also places it within 0.4% of the average result from the P106-100, Radeon Pro Vega 16, and Radeon RX 6600M, though those are far older or mobile parts. The measured rank in Hitman 9 thus reflects the CPU’s mid-range placement combined with the GPU’s high-tier capability—a reasonable match for 1440p gaming but with important frontier at 4K.

GPU Role

The RTX 3080 is built on the Ampere architecture, with a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz. It packs 8704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, 96 ROPs, 68 RT cores, and 272 tensor cores, yielding a pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s. Its 10 GB of GDDR6X memory runs through a 320-bit interface with a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s, and the memory bus operates at 19 Gbps effective. The card is rated for a full 320W TDP, which is an indication of its power appetite. In gameplay, this GPU behaves exactly as these numbers imply. At 1440p Medium, the average FPS is 109, and at 1080p Medium it climbs to 170. The Ultra preset is demanding: it reduces the 1440p result to 61 FPS and the 4K result to 32 FPS. That steep fall between Medium and Ultra at 4K—amounting to 26 FPS—shows that the shading workload and memory pressure are hitting the card’s ceiling. The data also reveals that the 4K High average of 44 FPS is only 12 FPS above the 4K Ultra figure, meaning the Ultra preset’s extra rendering features (likely including lighting and shadow effects) are far from trivial. The 3080’s strong compute throughput is fully used during 4K/Ultra, but it cannot maintain the 60 FPS marker that many players aim for at that resolution. Notably, the 4K Low preset stays at 77 FPS, which is a fluid experience even on a 4K monitor, proving that the GPU can handle the game’s basic elements without the refined effects.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured results are all internally consistent and cover the three most common resolutions. The following table lists every figure provided:

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 227 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 170 | 144 | 195 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 128 | - | - |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 95 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 145 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 109 | 92 | 125 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 82 | - | - |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 61 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 77 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 58 | 49 | 67 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 44 | - | - |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 32 | - | - |

The data shows that min/max numbers were only captured for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1080p Medium, the range sweeps from 144 to 195 FPS; at 1440p Medium, from 92 and 125; and at 4K Medium, 49 to 67. The minimum frame is exactly 144 at 1080p, which is typical for the escaping extra clarity of the medium. At 4K Medium, the min term of 49 FPS is below the 60 FPS threshold, and the average of 58 confirms that a large portion of frame time is near the edge. For all other presets, only the average is listed, so no frame-time variability is available for those combinations. The public table clearly reveals that 1080p is the sweet spot for this combo: even the Ultra preset is 95 FPS at 1080p, which is smooth. The 1440p Ultra dips to 61 FPS, still above the 60 frame threshold, while 4K Ultra is at 32 FPS. The practical takeaway is that a 4K monitor with this setup will require turning the preset down to Low for reliable 60+ Hz, or accepting 4K High at an average of exactly 33 FPS below the mark.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread part based on the Zen 3 architecture on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It has a 16 MB L3 cache, a base clock of 3.60 GHz, and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. The processor is unlocked but not officially an ECC-supporting piece—that distinction is for the memory controller. In Hitman 2, the CPU’s relevance is most visible at the lowest resolution. The 1080p Low average of 227 FPS is more than double the 4K Low number of 77 FPS, demonstrating that at the CPU-limited setting, the Ryzen 5 5500 can feed the RTX 3080 with high frame counts. The single-thread performance of the 3.60-grade chip is measurable through its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2319 and geekbench single-core of 1730; multi-thread scores are 16429 and 7976, respectively. While the game is not particularly multi-thread-sensitive, the 12 threads allow the CPU to keep the game logic and physics running without bottleneck the GPU’s work. At 1440p, the gap between the low and high settings shows the CPU can still avoid limiting: the 1080p High is 128 FPS, while 1440p High is 82 FPS. The large headroom at lower resolutions indicates that the processor is not the cause of the steep 4K drops. In fact, no matter the resolution, the RTX–3080 will be the component that determines the ceiling for most presets. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 19593 puts it in the neighborhood of a few diversion class cores, including the Ryzen 7 10700F and the i5-12500, but nothing in these tests changes the fact that the bottleneck at 1080p is entirely determined by the GPU. Therefore, for players using a 1080p/144 Hz display, the 5500 is a capable partner. At 1440p and beyond, the RTX 3080 is the sandbag, and the CPU’s 73rd percentile rank is not the limiting factor in any of the measured results.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate of this CPU–GPU combo at 1080p Low in Hitman 2?

A: The measured average is 227 FPS.

Q: Within this game, how does the Ryzen 5 5500 + RTX 3080 rank among all tested combinations?

A: The combination is ranked 1078th out of 3711 tested CPU–GPU pairs, placing it in the upper third of the field.

Q: Which 4K settings deliver an average FPS safely above 60 frames per second?

A: None of the 4K settings reach above 60 FPS average. The highest, 4K Low, averages 77 FPS, while 4K Medium averages 58 FPS, 4K High averages 44 FPS, and 4K Ultra averages 32 FPS.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory capacity and bandwidth in the RTX 3080?

A: The GPU has 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, with 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What is the boost clock of the RTX 3080 in this configuration?

A: The ZThis RTX 3080 has a boost clock of 1710 MHz.

Q: What is the L3 cache size of the Ryzen 5 5500?

A: The processor carries 16 MB ofL3 cache.

Q: How many cores does the Ryzen 5 5500 have, and what is its base clock?

A: It has 6 cores and a base clock of 3.60 GHz.

Q: What is the measured average FPS at 1440p High for the disabled 5500+3080?

A: The average in Hitman 2 is 82 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings.

Q: Does the combo manage a playable 60 FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: No. The average is 32 FPS, and the frame pacing would not provide the normal 60 Hz experience.

Q: Which setting the game at 4560×2100 gives the highest average?

A: Low settings gives the only 6-minize, an average of 77 FPS, which exceeds the 60 FPS threshold.

For CPU and GPU owners considering this match, the data presents a clear message: hitman 2 runs fluidly at 108p on all presets, and 1440p is fine for most quality levels, but 4K is only playable under the Low preset. The processor is never the limiting factor, and the GPU’s massive bandwidth and shading count are most evident when resolutions are high.