Hitman 2

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across Hitman 2's three resolution tiers reveal a clear progression of GPU-bound scaling. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combination produces 147 FPS on average. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that figure to 93.7 FPS, a reduction of roughly 36%. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls further to 50.4 FPS, another substantial decline from the 1440p result. This pattern — where each step up in resolution cuts performance by roughly a third at Low settings — indicates that the frame rate is being governed almost entirely by the GPU's rendering throughput rather than by any CPU limitation.

The scaling behavior changes character as settings increase. At High settings, the progression runs from 79.7 FPS at 1080p, to 54.6 FPS at 1440p, and finally to 28.5 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K here is steeper than the earlier Low-setting comparison, suggesting that the higher-quality effects at High settings amplify the pixel-count penalty. Ultra settings tell an even more pronounced story: 60.7 FPS at 1080p, 41.6 FPS at 1440p, and 23.5 FPS at 4K. At Ultra 4K, the combination is clearly struggling to maintain playable rates, with the average dipping below 24 FPS.

The data indicates that this pairing is best suited to 1080p or 1440p operation in Hitman 2. At 1080p, even Ultra settings maintain a 60.7 FPS average, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold many players target. At 1440p, Medium settings deliver 70.5 FPS, while High drops to 54.6 FPS — a more marginal result. The 4K results, regardless of settings, fall short of smooth gameplay expectations. The 50.4 FPS at Low 4K is the only 4K figure that approaches playability, and even that requires sacrificing visual quality substantially.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti carries the primary responsibility for Hitman 2's frame rates in this configuration. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves adequate for the game's asset streaming at 1080p and 1440p but becomes a limiting factor at 4K. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), and the GPU's boost clock of 1665 MHz (base 1410 MHz) defines its sustained performance ceiling.

The RTX 3060 Ti's silicon — the GA104 chip built on Samsung's 8 nm process with 17,400 million transistors — includes 4864 shading units, 152 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units. These specifications translate into a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 253.1 GTexel/s. The FP32 compute throughput of 16.20 TFLOPS gives the card substantial headroom for the game's lighting and shadow calculations. The GPU's 38 ray tracing cores and 152 tensor cores are present but Hitman 2's traditional rasterization pipeline does not heavily exercise them.

Benchmark results place this GPU in the 69th percentile among all tested graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 25120. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (scoring 25180, a 0.2% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (25235, 0.5% ahead), and the AMD Radeon 890M (25246, 0.5% ahead). The RTX 3060 Ti trails these by margins of less than one percent, indicating that its raw compute performance sits in a tightly contested band. The RX 580 2048SP scores 25287, 0.7% higher, which further underscores how clustered this performance tier is.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 provides the processing foundation for this combination, and its specifications suggest it should not bottleneck the RTX 3060 Ti in Hitman 2. This is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 7000 series, built on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael) using TSMC's 5 nm process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.10 GHz give it strong single-thread performance, which matters for a stealth game that relies on AI routines and physics calculations alongside rendering.

The CPU's cache hierarchy — 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 32 MB shared L3 — provides 32 MB of total L3 cache. This is ample for Hitman 2's level data, which tends to be segmented across the game's sandbox environments. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, delivering 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The CPU also includes Radeon integrated graphics, though the discrete RTX 3060 Ti renders all frames in this test scenario.

Looking at the benchmark data, the Ryzen 5 7600 achieves a single-thread score of 999 in 3DMark, and a max-thread score of 6503. Cinebench R23 results show 3246 in single-core and 22992 in multicore tests. These figures place the CPU in the 83rd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 26617. Its nearest rivals are remarkably close: the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 26574 (0.2% lower), the Intel Core i9-12900HK scores 26672 (0.2% higher), and the AMD EPYC 8024P scores 26555 (0.2% lower). The Intel Core i9-11900K trails by 0.3% at 26546. This clustering suggests that the Ryzen 5 7600's processing power is competitive with older high-end parts, and certainly sufficient to feed the RTX 3060 Ti in a game like Hitman 2.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for Hitman 2 with this hardware combination covers three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, Low settings produce 147 FPS on average, which is the highest figure recorded in the entire dataset. Medium settings at 1080p yield 111.1 FPS, High settings drop to 79.7 FPS, and Ultra settings settle at 60.7 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a total reduction of 86.3 FPS, with each settings tier removing roughly 20-30 FPS from the previous level.

At 2560x1440, the pattern repeats with lower absolute numbers. Low settings deliver 93.7 FPS, Medium produces 70.5 FPS, High reaches 54.6 FPS, and Ultra falls to 41.6 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 52.1 FPS, which is proportionally similar to the 1080p spread but compressed in absolute terms. Notably, the 1440p Low result (93.7 FPS) is higher than the 1080p Ultra result (60.7 FPS), indicating that resolution scaling is less punishing than quality preset scaling in this game.

The 3840x2160 results are the weakest in the dataset. Low settings manage 50.4 FPS, Medium drops to 35.2 FPS, High falls to 28.5 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 23.5 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is only 26.9 FPS, which shows that at this resolution, the GPU is so heavily loaded that even reducing quality settings cannot recover substantial frame rates. The 4K Low figure is the only one above 30 FPS, and it requires the lowest quality preset to achieve.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested hardware combinations for Hitman 2, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti holds the 1220th position out of 1795 total combinations. This placement in the 68th percentile of all tested combos indicates that while the hardware is capable, it sits in the lower portion of the ranking distribution for this specific game. The rank of 1220 out of 1795 means that roughly 575 combinations deliver higher frame rates in Hitman 2, while approximately 1220 combinations perform worse.

The combination rank reflects the interaction between the CPU's 83rd percentile standing and the GPU's 69th percentile standing. The GPU is the weaker link in this pairing, and its percentile ranking aligns closely with the overall combo rank. The CPU's higher percentile suggests that upgrading the graphics card would yield larger performance gains in Hitman 2 than upgrading the processor would. The data shows a system where the RTX 3060 Ti's performance ceiling, particularly at higher resolutions and settings, defines the practical limits of this configuration.

Given the measured FPS figures, the combo's rank of 1220 makes sense. At 1080p, the system handles the game well at most settings, but the 60.7 FPS Ultra result is not exceptional. At 1440p, the 54.6 FPS High average and 41.6 FPS Ultra average place the system in a mid-tier position. The 4K results, where even Low settings only achieve 50.4 FPS, pull the overall ranking down when compared to higher-end GPU combinations that can maintain smoother frame rates at that resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for smooth gameplay with this hardware?

A: At 1920x1080, Ultra settings produce a 60.7 FPS average, which is the highest quality preset that maintains a 60+ FPS average. At 2560x1440, Medium settings deliver 70.5 FPS, while High drops to 54.6 FPS.

Q: Can this combination handle 4K gaming in Hitman 2?

A: The 4K results are marginal. Low settings achieve 50.4 FPS, Medium produces 35.2 FPS, High falls to 28.5 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 23.5 FPS. Only the Low preset approaches playable territory.

Q: How does the RTX 3060 Ti compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score is 25120. The AMD Radeon RX 6700M scores 25180 (0.2% higher), the RX 6600 scores 25235 (0.5% higher), and the Radeon 890M scores 25246 (0.5% higher). The RX 580 2048SP leads by 0.7% at 25287.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7600 a bottleneck for the RTX 3060 Ti in this game?

A: The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking and strong single-thread score of 999 in 3DMark suggest it is not the limiting factor. The GPU's lower 69th percentile and the steep FPS drops at higher resolutions indicate the graphics card is the primary constraint.

Q: What FPS difference exists between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 93.7 FPS while Ultra settings produce 41.6 FPS, a difference of 52.1 FPS. Medium and High sit between these at 70.5 FPS and 54.6 FPS respectively.

Q: How does this combo's ranking in Hitman 2 compare to its component percentiles?

A: The combo ranks 1220th out of 1795 tested combinations, which is approximately the 68th percentile. This falls below both the CPU's 83rd percentile and the GPU's 69th percentile, reflecting the GPU's heavier influence on this game's performance.