Hitman 2

Resolution Scaling

Hitman 2's performance scaling across resolutions tells a clear story about where this combo's limits lie. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT deliver an average of 150.7 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same settings drops that to 96.2 FPS, a 36% reduction. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls further to 51.4 FPS, representing a 47% drop from 1440p and a 66% drop from 1080p.

The scaling pattern shifts when settings are raised. At High settings, the frame rate goes from 84.8 FPS at 1080p to 55.6 FPS at 1440p (a 34% decline) and then to 29 FPS at 4K (a 48% decline from 1440p). Ultra settings show the most aggressive scaling: 63.2 FPS at 1080p, 38.2 FPS at 1440p, and just 21 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is 67%, nearly identical to the Low settings drop of 66%.

These scaling ratios suggest that at 1080p, the system is not purely GPU-bound at Low settings—the 150.7 FPS result indicates headroom that the CPU can still feed. As resolution climbs, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is stark: 51.4 FPS versus 21 FPS, a 59% performance difference purely from settings. This indicates that the RX 7600 XT's rendering workload scales dramatically with Hitman 2's visual complexity at high pixel counts.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, fabricated on TSMC's 6 nm process. It packs 13,300 million transistors across a 204 mm² die. The GPU's base clock runs at 1980 MHz, with a game clock of 2470 MHz and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. Memory operates at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed.

The GPU carries 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is notable for Hitman 2, which at Ultra settings and 4K resolution demands substantial frame buffer capacity. The 16 GB allocation prevents memory-related stutters or texture pop-in that could otherwise appear with smaller VRAM pools.

Compute resources include 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, along with 32 ray tracing cores. The pixel rate is 176.3 GPixel/s, and the texture rate reaches 352.6 GTexel/s. Peak FP32 throughput is 22.57 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 45.14 TFLOPS. These specifications place the card in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 20146. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 460 (0.3% faster), the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (0.6% faster), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (1.9% slower), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (1.9% faster).

The GPU's 190 W TDP and dual-slot design with a single 8-pin power connector suggest a card that runs efficiently within its power envelope. The PCIe 4.0 x8 interface is adequate for this class of GPU, and the display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested CPU-GPU combinations for Hitman 2, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT ranks 1186 out of 1795 combos. That places it in the lower third of all tested configurations—specifically, in the 34th percentile of the 1795 total combos. This ranking reflects the GPU's mid-range positioning rather than any CPU limitation; the processor is far more capable relative to its peers.

The CPU itself sits in the 82nd percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 24993. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-11850H (0.1% slower), the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (0.3% faster), the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (0.3% faster), and the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (0.4% slower). The GPU, by contrast, sits in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. The combo's low rank in this game is therefore attributable to the GPU being the bottleneck in most scenarios.

The 34th percentile ranking means that 609 tested combos perform worse in Hitman 2, while 1185 perform better. For a stealth game that prioritizes CPU-driven AI and simulation over pure graphics, this result underscores that the RX 7600 XT, while competent, does not push the Ryzen 5 7500F to its limits in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo's performance spans a wide range depending on settings. Low settings produce an average of 150.7 FPS, which is smooth on any display. Medium settings yield 110.9 FPS, High settings give 84.8 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 63.2 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 39.8 FPS; from Medium to High costs 26.1 FPS; from High to Ultra costs 21.6 FPS. This progression shows diminishing returns in FPS loss as settings rise.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 96.2 FPS (Low), 73.4 FPS (Medium), 55.6 FPS (High), and 38.2 FPS (Ultra). The drop from Low to Medium is 22.8 FPS, Medium to High is 17.8 FPS, and High to Ultra is 17.4 FPS. The 1440p results keep the combo playable at High settings, with 55.6 FPS still above the 50 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay in most scenarios.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes significantly. Low settings average 51.4 FPS, which is playable but not silky smooth. Medium settings drop to 38.7 FPS, High falls to 29 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 21 FPS. These 4K numbers indicate that the RX 7600 XT is not suited for high-fidelity 4K gaming in Hitman 2, though Low settings remain viable for 4K play.

The data reveals that the combo performs best at 1080p, where even Ultra settings clear 60 FPS. At 1440p, only Low and Medium settings exceed 60 FPS. At 4K, no setting reaches 60 FPS, and only Low crosses the 50 FPS mark.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series, built on Zen 4 architecture with the Raphael codename. It uses TSMC's 5 nm process, packing 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die. Base clock is 3.70 GHz, boost clock is 5.00 GHz, and the TDP is 65 W. The CPU supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, with a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. It uses the AMD Socket AM5 and offers PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes from the CPU.

Cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The processor's benchmark results show strong single-thread performance: a 3dmark single-thread score of 974 and a cinebench R23 single-core score of 3218. Multi-threaded scores are equally solid, with cinebench R23 multicore at 22799 and geekbench multicore at 12686.

In Hitman 2, the CPU's role is less about raw core count and more about single-threaded responsiveness and memory latency. The 6-core, 12-thread configuration with 32 MB of L3 cache is well-suited to the game's AI-driven stealth mechanics, which typically rely on a few heavily loaded threads. The 5.00 GHz boost clock ensures that these threads can run at high frequency when needed.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 24993 places it in the 82nd percentile, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of processors in general workloads. Its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks are all within 0.4% of its score, indicating that the Ryzen 5 7500F is competitively positioned. The fact that this combo ranks at the 34th percentile in Hitman 2, while the CPU alone sits at the 82nd percentile, confirms that the GPU is the limiting component in this pairing.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s and dual-channel DDR5 support provide adequate data throughput for the RX 7600 XT, which has a 288.0 GB/s memory interface. The system's overall balance leans toward the CPU being over-provisioned relative to the GPU in this title, which is why raising resolution has such a pronounced effect on frame rates.