Hitman 2

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 combination sits at rank 828 out of 1,795 tested combos in Hitman 2. This places the pairing squarely in the upper-middle tier of the database, outperforming more than half of all recorded system configurations. The rank is notable given the component mix: a mid-range 2022 CPU paired with an end-of-life 2020 GPU, yet the combo still lands within the 46th percentile of all tested systems.

Benchmark data indicates the CPU holds a 79th percentile ranking among all processors, while the GPU sits at a 72nd percentile among all graphics cards. This slight disparity suggests the processor has marginally more headroom relative to its peers than the graphics card does, a dynamic that becomes relevant when analyzing frame rate consistency across different settings and resolutions. The combo's overall standing reflects a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically bottlenecks the other, though the data does reveal specific scenarios where one component takes priority over the other.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 brings six cores and twelve threads to the pairing, built on the Zen 3 architecture using a 7 nm process. Its base clock of 3.50 GHz can boost up to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP that keeps thermal demands modest. The processor features 32 MB of shared L3 cache, which is particularly relevant for Hitman 2's level design — the game's dense environments with numerous NPCs and interactive objects benefit from the larger cache footprint.

Synthetic benchmarks show the CPU's multithreaded capabilities: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 18,309, while single-core reaches 2,584. The 3DMark 16-thread test yields 5,641, and the max-thread score of 5,659 indicates the processor scales well when all threads are engaged. For Hitman 2 specifically, the game's AI routines and physics calculations can utilize multiple threads, and the 12-thread configuration provides sufficient parallelism for these workloads.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database include the Intel Xeon D-1746TER (0.6% ahead), AMD EPYC 9554P (0.6% behind), and AMD EPYC 9534 (0.6% behind). These deltas are minimal, indicating the Ryzen 5 5600 performs competitively against enterprise-class processors in general benchmark workloads. At 1080p with Low settings, where CPU overhead becomes more pronounced, the combo achieves 197.3 FPS — a figure that suggests the processor can feed frames quickly when graphical load is reduced.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 employs the GA104 chip on Samsung's 8 nm process, with 17,400 million transistors across a 392 mm² die. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory runs on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock of 1500 MHz boosts to 1725 MHz, and it carries 5,888 shading units alongside 184 texture mapping units and 96 ROPs.

The memory configuration is particularly relevant for Hitman 2 at higher resolutions. The game's detailed textures and complex lighting models consume significant VRAM, and the 8 GB capacity can become a limiting factor at 4K with Ultra settings. The GPU's 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores indicate ray tracing capability, though Hitman 2's implementation of such effects is not the primary performance driver in the measured results.

The RTX 3070's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (0.9% behind), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (1% behind), and AMD FirePro S7150 (0.6% ahead). These close margins in average benchmark scores suggest the RTX 3070 operates within a competitive performance band. The PassMark G3D score of 22,214 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,162 provide reference points for its graphical compute capabilities.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the combo demonstrates strong performance across all settings. Low settings yield 197.3 FPS, Medium produces 145.8 FPS, High reaches 109.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 81.5 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 58.7% reduction in frame rate, with the largest single drop occurring between Medium and High (36.3 FPS decrease).

Moving to 1440p, the frame rates settle into a more demanding range. Low settings deliver 123.8 FPS, Medium achieves 95.4 FPS, High produces 70.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 52.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 70.9 FPS, a 57.3% reduction. Notably, the difference between 1080p and 1440p at each setting is substantial: Low drops by 73.5 FPS, Medium by 50.4 FPS, High by 38.6 FPS, and Ultra by 28.6 FPS.

At 4K, the performance envelope tightens considerably. Low settings produce 65.2 FPS, Medium achieves 47.9 FPS, High reaches 40.9 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 28.1 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure falls below the 30 FPS threshold typically considered the minimum for playable frame rates, while 4K High barely exceeds it. This resolution exposes the GPU's memory bandwidth limitations, as the 448.0 GB/s figure becomes strained when pushing 8.3 million pixels per frame.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound performance. At Low settings, the combo delivers 197.3 FPS at 1080p, which drops to 123.8 FPS at 1440p (a 37.3% reduction) and 65.2 FPS at 4K (a 66.9% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline indicates that the RTX 3070's rasterization throughput, not the CPU, becomes the primary limiter as pixel count increases.

The Ultra settings curve tells a similar story. Starting at 81.5 FPS in 1080p, the frame rate falls to 52.9 FPS at 1440p (35.1% reduction) and 28.1 FPS at 4K (65.5% reduction from 1080p). The consistency of these percentage drops across different settings — roughly one-third at 1440p and two-thirds at 4K — suggests the GPU is operating at its architectural limits independent of graphical complexity.

At 1080p Low, the 197.3 FPS figure hints at CPU involvement in frame delivery, but even at this low graphical load, the scaling to 1440p shows a 73.5 FPS drop that cannot be attributed to processor limitations. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 882 and Cinebench R23 single-core of 2,584 indicate it can handle Hitman 2's primary game thread, but the GPU's fill rate and shading capacity dictate the upper bounds.

The 4K results, particularly the 28.1 FPS at Ultra, demonstrate that this pairing is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming. The 8 GB VRAM appears sufficient for the game's assets at these resolutions, but at 4K the 256-bit memory bus and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth create a bottleneck that prevents the GPU from maintaining playable frame rates at maximum settings. The data shows a balanced system at lower resolutions that becomes increasingly GPU-limited as resolution scales upward, with the CPU's 79th percentile standing never becoming the constraining factor in any tested configuration.