Hitman 2

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 combination sits at rank 2936 out of 3711 tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the lower-mid tier of all possible pairings. This is a modest position, reflecting a GPU that ranks in the 58th percentile among all GPUs paired with a CPU in the 78th percentile among all CPUs. The data indicates the combo is clearly GPU-limited at most settings, as the CPU has the headroom to push higher frame rates than the RTX 2060 can deliver.

Benchmark results show the combo's average FPS ranges from 19 at 4K Ultra to 132 at 1080p Low, a 7x spread that highlights how dramatically settings and resolution affect this pairing. The combo's rank is pulled down primarily by the GPU's age and tier — the RTX 2060's average benchmark score of 15290 places it just 0.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7600 and 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM in the broader GPU benchmark pool. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 5 7600's average CPU benchmark score of 26324 is a hair above the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (0.2% delta) and slightly below the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (-0.3% delta), showing the CPU is competitive with much higher-tier parts.

In Hitman 2 specifically, the combo achieves playable frame rates at 1080p across all settings, with 55 FPS at Ultra being the weakest showing. The 1440p results are more mixed, with High and Medium settings delivering 48 FPS and 63 FPS respectively, but Ultra drops to 35 FPS. At 4K, only Low settings cross the 30 FPS threshold at 45 FPS, while High, Medium, and Ultra all fall below 34 FPS. This ranking reflects a system that can handle the game comfortably at mainstream resolutions but struggles at higher fidelity targets.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal settings for this combo depend heavily on the target resolution, but the data points toward 1080p High as the best balance of visual quality and performance. At 1920x1080 High, the combo delivers 75 FPS average, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The step up to Ultra at 1080p costs 20 FPS (55 FPS average), a 27% performance penalty that may not justify the visual gains in a stealth title where frame consistency matters for precise timing.

For players prioritizing maximum fluidity, 1080p Low produces 132 FPS, which is more than double the High preset's output. However, the jump from Medium (99 FPS) to High (75 FPS) is a 24 FPS drop, suggesting that Medium offers a strong compromise if aiming for high refresh rates. The Medium preset also provides measured minimum FPS data: 84 FPS minimum at 1080p, ensuring no noticeable stutter during crowded scenes.

At 2560x1440, the recommendation shifts to Medium settings, which produce 63 FPS average with a 54 FPS minimum. This is the only 1440p preset that maintains a consistent 60+ FPS experience. The High preset at 1440p delivers 48 FPS, which is playable but may feel less responsive in fast-paced combat encounters. Low at 1440p yields 84 FPS, but that setting sacrifices too much visual fidelity for a stealth game where spotting enemies from distance matters.

For 4K, the data shows that no preset achieves a fully smooth experience. The best option is Low at 45 FPS, but this comes with significant visual compromises. Medium at 4K drops to 34 FPS with a 29 FPS minimum, which is borderline unplayable for action sequences. Ultra at 4K sits at 19 FPS, making it unsuitable for anything but static screenshots. The measured data suggests this combo is not built for 4K gaming in Hitman 2, and users should stick to 1080p or 1440p for actual play sessions.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear GPU-bound pattern. At High settings, the combo delivers 75 FPS at 1080p, 48 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K. This represents a 36% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 48% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is roughly linear with pixel count — 1440p has 1.78x the pixels of 1080p, and 4K has 4x — but the FPS drops are steeper than linear, indicating the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources become increasingly strained.

The Low preset shows a different scaling pattern: 132 FPS at 1080p, 84 FPS at 1440p, and 45 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 36%, but the 1440p to 4K drop is 46%, showing that even at low settings, the RTX 2060's 6 GB VRAM and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth become limiting factors at higher resolutions. The Medium preset reinforces this: 99 FPS at 1080p, 63 FPS at 1440p, and 34 FPS at 4K, with corresponding minimums of 84, 54, and 29 FPS.

The Ultra preset is particularly telling: 55 FPS at 1080p, 35 FPS at 1440p, and 19 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 36%, but 1440p to 4K drops by 46% again. This consistent pattern across all presets suggests that the limiting component is the GPU, not the CPU. The Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads running at up to 5.10 GHz boost, is not the bottleneck here. If the CPU were limiting, we would expect to see smaller FPS gaps between resolutions at lower settings, where the GPU has less work to do. Instead, every preset shows substantial drops with resolution increases, which is the signature of a GPU-bound scenario.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Hitman 2 with this combo?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the sweet spot, with High settings producing 75 FPS average. At 1440p, only Medium settings maintain 60+ FPS at 63 FPS average. 4K is not recommended as even Low settings only reach 45 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 2060's average benchmark score is 15290, which is essentially tied with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (0% delta) and AMD Radeon 680M (0.1% delta). It sits 0.6% ahead of the RTX 3050 OEM and 0.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7600.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7600 CPU holding back the RTX 2060 in Hitman 2?

A: No. The FPS scaling across resolutions indicates a GPU-bound scenario. The CPU's average benchmark score of 26324 places it above the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Core i9-11900KF, showing it has plenty of headroom for this game.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p with Ultra settings?

A: The measured data shows 35 FPS average at 2560x1440 Ultra. This is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay and is not recommended for action-heavy sequences.

Q: Does the 6 GB VRAM on the RTX 2060 cause issues at 4K?

A: The benchmark results indicate severe performance drops at 3840x2160, with the highest preset (Ultra) only reaching 19 FPS. Even Medium at 4K produces just 34 FPS with a 29 FPS minimum, suggesting memory capacity and bandwidth are limiting factors.

Q: How does this combo rank overall in Hitman 2?

A: It ranks 2936 out of 3711 tested combos, placing it in the bottom 21% of all pairings. This is consistent with a mid-range GPU from the Turing generation paired with a modern budget-to-mid-range CPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the primary performance limiter in this combo for Hitman 2. Its Turing architecture, built on a 12 nm process at TSMC, packs 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The GPU runs at 1365 MHz base and 1680 MHz boost, with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus delivering 336.0 GB/s bandwidth. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute at 6.451 TFLOPS.

In Hitman 2, the GPU's 58th percentile ranking among all GPUs and average benchmark score of 15290 are reflected in the measured frame rates. The combo's 1080p High performance of 75 FPS is respectable, but the GPU's limitations become apparent at higher resolutions. The 4K results — 25 FPS at High, 34 FPS at Medium, and 45 FPS at Low — show that the RTX 2060 cannot sustain fluid gameplay at that resolution in this title. The 6 GB VRAM capacity is likely a contributing factor, as Hitman 2's larger textures at 4K can exceed this allocation, forcing the GPU to swap data more frequently.

The GPU's memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and 192-bit bus width provide 336.0 GB/s bandwidth, which is adequate for 1080p and 1440p but insufficient for 4K at higher settings. The measured minimum FPS values support this: at 1440p Medium, the minimum is 54 FPS, while at 4K Medium, it drops to 29 FPS. The RTX 2060's 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are present but not heavily utilized in Hitman 2, which is not a ray tracing title. The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) ensures compatibility with modern APIs, but the underlying Turing architecture is showing its age in this 2018 game at high resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 provides ample compute headroom for Hitman 2, making it a non-limiting factor in this combo. This 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael) runs at a 3.80 GHz base clock and boosts up to 5.10 GHz. Built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die, the CPU features 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 32 MB shared L3 cache. Its 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth provide a solid foundation for gaming workloads.

The CPU's benchmark scores are consistently strong: Cinebench R23 multicore hits 12735, single-core reaches 1852, and Geekbench multicore scores 13413 with single-core at 2521. The PassMark multithread score of 27058 and single-thread score of 3910 further confirm its capability. In the context of Hitman 2, which is typically more GPU-intensive, the CPU's 78th percentile ranking among all CPUs means it is never the bottleneck. The nearest rival comparisons show the Ryzen 5 7600 is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (0.2% faster) and just 0.3% slower than the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS, despite those being mobile processors.

The fact that the combo's measured FPS scales dramatically with resolution — from 132 FPS at 1080p Low to 19 FPS at 4K Ultra — while the CPU's performance remains constant, confirms the CPU is not limiting. If the Ryzen 5 7600 were the bottleneck, we would see similar FPS across resolutions at a given setting, since the CPU work per frame is resolution-independent. Instead, the GPU's workload increases with pixel count, dragging FPS down. The CPU's 5.10 GHz boost clock and strong single-thread performance (Cinebench R15 single-core: 298, 3dmark single-thread: 999) ensure that Hitman 2's game logic and AI calculations are handled with room to spare. The 32 MB L3 cache also helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for open-world stealth games with many simultaneous entities.