Hitman 2

Hitman 2 is a stealth title released on 2018-11-12. The measured configuration pairs an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, and the data flag marks these rows as measured rather than estimated. Across 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, this combination ranks 36th out of 1,795 tested combos.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows only report average FPS, so the best preset depends on whether the goal is maximum named quality or maximum frame rate. At 1920x1080, Ultra still returns 142.5 FPS, which is the lowest average in that resolution but still a high figure; it is the strongest quality tier available for 1080p. At 2560x1440, Ultra returns 92.7 FPS, again lower than High’s 124.2, Medium’s 159.6, or Low’s 213, but it is the highest named preset and remains comfortably faster than the 4K rows. At 3840x2160, Ultra drops to 45.9 FPS, while High produces 66.2 FPS. That makes High the highest quality setting at 4K that keeps the average above the Ultra figure. Medium at 4K is 86.9 FPS and Low is 116.6 FPS, so a player who prefers speed over quality can move down the preset list and gain FPS at every resolution. For a balanced reading of the measured rows, Ultra is the best experience at 1080p and 1440p, while High is the best experience at 4K.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor from the 9000 series, built on Zen 5 with a 4 nm TSMC process. Its base clock is 3.90 GHz and boost clock is 5.40 GHz. The cache layout includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 dual-channel memory with 89.6 GB/s of bandwidth, and it uses the AMD Socket AM5 platform.

Synthetic results place this CPU at the 85th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28,246. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 25,525, while the single-core score is 3,603. Passmark’s single-thread score is 4,570. The 3DMark thread tests also show a wide range: 2,456 for two threads, 4,649 for four threads, 6,726 for eight threads, 7,585 for sixteen threads, and 7,590 for max threads. Those scores describe a processor with both strong single-thread output and enough multi-thread capacity for modern desktop workloads.

In Hitman 2, the CPU’s headroom is visible in the lower-resolution rows. At 1080p Low, the combo averages 336.7 FPS; at 1080p Medium, 249.7 FPS; at 1080p High, 190.8 FPS; and at 1080p Ultra, 142.5 FPS. The high boost clock and strong single-thread scores give this CPU the ability to push very high averages when the GPU is not stressed by large pixel counts. The nearest CPU rivals in the benchmark database are tightly grouped: the 9600X is 0.3% above the Intel Core i5-13490F and the AMD Ryzen 5 230, 0.4% below the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, and 0.5% below the Intel Core i5-14500T. Those small deltas indicate that the CPU’s aggregate performance is close to its surrounding competitors, but the game-specific result is also shaped by the GPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is an Ada Lovelace GPU from the GeForce 40-series, manufactured on a 5 nm TSMC process. It uses 76,300 million transistors on a 609 mm² die. The base clock is 2235 MHz and the boost clock is 2520 MHz. Memory consists of 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, with 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth and an effective memory clock of 21 Gbps. The compute configuration includes 16,384 shading units, 512 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 128 RT cores, and 512 tensor cores.

In aggregate GPU benchmarks, the RTX 4090 scores 66,473 on average and sits at the 91st percentile of all GPUs. Its Passmark G3D score is 38,194, while the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 9,223. The OpenCL score is 317,684 and the Vulkan score is 270,615. These figures place the card above the vast majority of GPUs in the database.

In Hitman 2, the GPU’s role becomes clearest at higher resolutions. At 4K Low, the combo averages 116.6 FPS; at 4K Medium, 86.9 FPS; at 4K High, 66.2 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, 45.9 FPS. The 24 GB frame buffer and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are large enough that the measured data does not indicate a memory-capacity limit. The GPU’s nearest rivals in the database are the NVIDIA Tesla T4 with an average score of 66,733 and a delta of -0.4%, the NVIDIA Tesla P40 at 66,127 and +0.5%, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 at 67,097 and -0.9%, and the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 at 67,320 and -1.3%. Those comparisons are for aggregate GPU performance, not Hitman 2 specifically, but they show the RTX 4090 is surrounded by workstation-class cards in the broader benchmark list.

FAQ

Q: What is the fastest measured average FPS for this combo in Hitman 2?

A: 336.7 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next fastest row is 249.7 FPS at 1920x1080 with Medium settings.

Q: What is the slowest measured average FPS for this combo in Hitman 2?

A: 45.9 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. The other 4K rows are High at 66.2, Medium at 86.9, and Low at 116.6.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations?

A: It ranks 36th out of 1,795 measured combos.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 9600X compare with its nearest CPU rivals?

A: Its average CPU benchmark score is 28,246. It is 0.3% above the Intel Core i5-13490F and the AMD Ryzen 5 230, 0.4% below the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, and 0.5% below the Intel Core i5-14500T.

Q: How does the RTX 4090 compare with its nearest GPU rivals?

A: Its average GPU benchmark score is 66,473. It is 0.4% below the NVIDIA Tesla T4, 0.5% above the NVIDIA Tesla P40, 0.9% below the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56, and 1.3% below the NVIDIA Quadro P6000.

Resolution Scaling

Every setting row follows the same direction: the average FPS falls as resolution moves from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160. At Low, the averages are 336.7, 213, and 116.6. At Medium, they are 249.7, 159.6, and 86.9. At High, they are 190.8, 124.2, and 66.2. At Ultra, they are 142.5, 92.7, and 45.9.

This pattern indicates that the render workload scales strongly with resolution for every preset. The CPU clocks and core count remain unchanged across the measured rows, while the GPU handles the extra resolution cost. At 1080p Low, the 336.7 FPS average shows a very large CPU-side ceiling; at 4K Ultra, the 45.9 FPS average shows the GPU-heavy end of the measured range. The data does not isolate the exact limiting component, but the shape of the numbers is consistent with the GPU becoming the primary constraint as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|---|---:|---:|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 336.7 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 249.7 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 190.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 142.5 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 213 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 159.6 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 124.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 92.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 116.6 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 86.9 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 66.2 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 45.9 |

The measured rows contain only average FPS; the min and max fields are null in the data.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this exact combination at rank 36 out of 1,795 tested combos. That is a high placement in the context of the database. The CPU sits at the 85th percentile of all CPUs and the GPU at the 91st percentile of all GPUs, so both major components are strong aggregate performers. The nearest CPU rivals are separated by only 0.3% to 0.5%, and the nearest GPU rivals by 0.4% to 1.3%, which means the overall benchmark field is dense around this hardware. For Hitman 2, the 36th-place rank shows that the combination of a high-single-thread CPU and a high-bandwidth GPU translates into a top-tier game result. The weakest measured point is the 4K Ultra row at 45.9 FPS, while the strongest is the 1080p Low row at 336.7 FPS. The rank therefore reflects a system that is capable of excellent frame rates in this game, but still shows resolution-sensitive behavior at the highest settings.