Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 pairing delivers a broad range of performance in Hitman 2, with measured average frame rates spanning from 60 FPS at 4K Ultra to 178 FPS at 1080p Low. The data shows a system that is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions and settings, while becoming increasingly CPU-sensitive as resolution drops, yet it never falls below playable thresholds in any measured configuration.

FAQ

Q: What is the best measured average frame rate for this combo in Hitman 2?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 178, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At 2560x1440 Low, the average drops to 158 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low it is 125 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested systems in this game?

A: The combo holds rank 432 out of 3711 tested combinations, placing it in the top 11.6% of all recorded systems for Hitman 2 performance.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Medium and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium settings produce an average of 145 FPS, while Ultra settings yield 99 FPS. This represents a 46 FPS drop, or roughly 31.7% lower performance when moving from Medium to Ultra.

Q: Does the RTX 4080's 16 GB VRAM appear to be a limiting factor in this game?

A: The data shows no evidence of VRAM limitation. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 60, and at 4K High it rises to 81, indicating the performance scaling follows rendering load rather than memory capacity constraints.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded in any measured configuration?

A: The only configurations with recorded minimum FPS values are Medium settings across all three resolutions. The lowest minimum is 83 FPS at 3840x2160 Medium, with 123 FPS at 2560x1440 and 138 FPS at 1920x1080.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance relate to its gaming results?

A: The Ryzen 7 3700X scores 204 in Cinebench R15 single-core and 2656 in Passmark single-thread. These scores, combined with its 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs, indicate adequate single-thread capability that supports the high frame rates seen at 1080p.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy for optimizing the experience in Hitman 2. At 1920x1080, all four settings presets deliver average frame rates above 137 FPS, making any preset viable for high-refresh-rate displays. However, the difference between High and Ultra at 1080p is notable: 152 FPS versus 137 FPS, a 15 FPS gap that favors High settings for smoother motion without a major visual penalty.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Medium preset stands out with 145 FPS average and a minimum of 123 FPS, offering the best balance of smoothness and visual fidelity. High settings at 1440p reach 133 FPS, which is still excellent, but the Medium preset's minimum of 123 FPS suggests more consistent frame pacing. Ultra at 1440p drops to 99 FPS, which is playable but represents a significant 46 FPS reduction from Medium.

At 3840x2160, the choice narrows considerably. Ultra produces 60 FPS, which is the minimum playable threshold for many users. High settings at 4K yield 81 FPS, a 35% improvement over Ultra, while Medium reaches 98 FPS with a minimum of 83 FPS. For 4K displays, the Medium preset is the recommended choice, as it maintains an average near 100 FPS while keeping minimums above 80 FPS. Low settings at 4K provide 125 FPS but sacrifice visual quality to a degree that likely undermines the purpose of 4K resolution.

The optimal preset depends on resolution: High at 1080p, Medium at 1440p, and Medium at 4K. This pattern reflects the GPU becoming the primary bottleneck as pixel count increases, with the Medium preset offering the best compromise between load reduction and visual quality.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals the scaling characteristics of this combo in Hitman 2. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 152 at 1080p to 133 at 1440p, then to 81 at 4K. This represents a 12.5% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, but a 46.7% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The dramatic acceleration in the performance drop indicates that the RTX 4080 becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

For Low settings, the scaling is similar but with higher absolute numbers: 178 FPS at 1080p, 158 FPS at 1440p, and 125 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 11.2%, while the 1440p to 4K drop is 20.9%. This smaller relative decline at Low settings suggests that the CPU is more involved at lower graphical loads, partially offsetting the GPU workload increase.

The Medium preset shows the steadiest scaling pattern: 163 FPS at 1080p, 145 FPS at 1440p, and 98 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 11.0% and 32.4% respectively. The Ultra preset exhibits the most severe scaling, with 137 FPS at 1080p falling to 99 FPS at 1440p (27.7% drop) and then to 60 FPS at 4K (39.4% drop).

These patterns indicate that at 1080p, the CPU still carries significant weight in determining frame rates, as evidenced by the relatively small differences between Low and High settings at this resolution. As resolution increases, the GPU workload grows exponentially, and the RTX 4080's rendering capacity becomes the dominant factor. The 4K results, particularly the 60 FPS at Ultra, demonstrate that even a high-end GPU like the RTX 4080 reaches its limits with demanding settings at the highest resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 achieves rank 432 out of 3711 combos for Hitman 2. This places the system in the top 11.6% of all recorded configurations, a strong showing given the CPU's generation gap relative to the GPU.

The CPU itself holds an 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 34260. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 with an average score of 34222 (0.1% higher), the AMD EPYC 4244P at 34220 (0.1% higher), and the Intel Core i5-13450HX at 34333 (0.2% higher). These marginal differences in CPU synthetic benchmarks suggest that the Ryzen 7 3700X remains competitive with much newer processors in general compute tasks.

The GPU ranks in the 86th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54247. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER at 54209 (0.1% lower), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X at 54828 (1.1% higher), and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB at 55698 (2.6% higher). The proximity of these scores indicates that the RTX 4080 sits in a tightly contested performance band.

The gap between the combo's in-game rank (top 11.6%) and the individual component percentiles (84th and 86th) suggests that Hitman 2 responds favorably to this particular combination. The game's engine appears to utilize the RTX 4080's strengths effectively while not being unduly hampered by the older CPU architecture.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 brings substantial hardware resources to Hitman 2. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves more than sufficient for this game's needs. The absence of VRAM-related bottlenecks is evident from the consistent frame rate scaling across settings at each resolution.

The GPU's clock speeds are notably high, with a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz. These clocks, combined with 9728 shading units and 304 texture mapping units, allow the card to maintain high fill rates. The pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s directly contribute to the frame rates observed at 4K, where pixel throughput becomes critical.

The Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process with 45,900 million transistors, delivers 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This raw compute power explains why the GPU can handle 4K Medium at 98 FPS average. The RTX 4080's 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores provide additional capabilities, though Hitman 2's measured results do not isolate ray tracing performance.

The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 34457 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6567 place it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores nearly identically at 54209 average benchmark score, suggesting that in Hitman 2 specifically, the standard 4080 performs on par with its SUPER variant. The Geekbench Vulkan score of 263779 indicates strong API-level performance that translates to the game's DirectX 12 workload.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings achieve 178 FPS average, Medium reaches 163 FPS with a minimum of 138 FPS and maximum of 187 FPS, High produces 152 FPS, and Ultra yields 137 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 41 FPS, representing a 23% reduction at the highest settings.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows the expected decline. Low settings average 158 FPS, Medium averages 145 FPS with a minimum of 123 FPS and maximum of 166 FPS, High reaches 133 FPS, and Ultra drops to 99 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread widens to 59 FPS, a 37.3% reduction, indicating the GPU is beginning to struggle with the increased pixel count at Ultra settings.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates show the most significant degradation. Low settings still manage 125 FPS, Medium averages 98 FPS with a minimum of 83 FPS and maximum of 112 FPS, High produces 81 FPS, and Ultra falls to 60 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread at 4K is 65 FPS, a 52% reduction, demonstrating that the RTX 4080 cannot maintain high refresh rates at maximum settings on 4K displays.

The Medium settings consistently show the tightest frame time consistency, with minimum values that are 84.7% of the average at 4K, 84.8% at 1440p, and 84.7% at 1080p. This consistency makes Medium the most predictable preset across all resolutions, reinforcing its recommendation for balanced performance.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X provides 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 2 architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process by TSMC. Its base clock of 3.60 GHz boosts to 4.40 GHz, with 32 MB of L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache per core. These specifications translate to a Passmark multithread score of 22458 and a Geekbench multicore score of 8899.

The CPU's single-thread performance, measured at 204 in Cinebench R15 and 2656 in Passmark single-thread, proves adequate for Hitman 2's requirements. This is evident from the 1080p results, where the difference between Low and Ultra settings is only 41 FPS. If the CPU were severely limiting, this gap would be smaller, as the GPU would have more headroom to differentiate settings.

The 65 W TDP of the Ryzen 7 3700X is modest compared to the GPU's 320 W TDP, suggesting the system's power delivery is dominated by the graphics card. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s over dual-channel DDR4 provides sufficient data throughput for the game's asset streaming demands.

At higher resolutions, the CPU's role diminishes as the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The 4K Ultra result of 60 FPS is likely GPU-bound, given that the same CPU can drive 137 FPS at 1080p Ultra. The CPU's 84th percentile ranking and its proximity to newer rivals like the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 and Intel Core i5-13450HX in synthetic benchmarks indicate that it does not significantly hold back the RTX 4080 in this title, particularly at 1440p and above where the GPU workload dominates.