Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination lands at rank 133 out of 1795 tested combos in Hitman 2. That places this pairing comfortably within the top 7.4% of all configurations cataloged for this title. The ranking reflects a system that is far from the absolute ceiling but sits in a performance tier where the dominant constraint shifts decisively toward the graphics card.

The CPU’s standing among all tested processors is respectable, holding the 84th percentile. Its average benchmark score of 27606 puts it in a tight cluster with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800, which scores 27535, a delta of just 0.3%. The 5800X actually edges out the Intel Core i7-13700H (27716, -0.4%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27708, -0.4%), though the differences are within noise. Notably, the 5800X leads the Intel Core i5-12600KF (27827) by 0.8% despite the latter’s higher raw score, a quirk of the ranking methodology. The overall combo rank, however, is more heavily influenced by the GPU, which occupies the 88th percentile among all graphics cards with an average benchmark score of 53610.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the decisive component in this pairing. It carries 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1438 MHz, with 23 Gbps effective throughput. The GPU’s base clock is 2295 MHz, boosting to 2550 MHz. This memory configuration proves ample for Hitman 2’s engine, as even at 4K Ultra settings, the frame rate drops to 42.3 FPS—a value that suggests the bottleneck is the shader and raster workload rather than memory capacity or bandwidth exhaustion.

The GPU’s benchmark proximity to its nearest rivals underscores its position. It scores within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (53489) and 0.4% of the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (53414). It leads the AMD Radeon RX 7700S (52505) by 2.1% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (52086) by 2.9%. In Hitman 2 specifically, the scaling across settings reveals that the RTX 4080 SUPER’s architectural strengths—10240 shading units and 80 RT cores—are only partially utilized. The game’s DirectX 12 rendering path (the GPU supports DX12 Ultimate) responds well to the raw compute throughput, but the frame rate deltas between settings indicate that the game is not pushing the GPU’s tensor cores or ray tracing capabilities hard.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank against all other tested configurations in Hitman 2?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X + RTX 4080 SUPER combination is ranked 133rd out of 1795 tested combos, placing it in the top 7.4% of all pairings.

Q: What is the CPU’s performance standing relative to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X scores an average of 27606, which is 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27535) and 0.4% higher than both the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27708) and Intel Core i7-13700H (27716). It also edges out the Intel Core i5-12600KF (27827) by 0.8%.

Q: What frame rate can be expected at 1440p with High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the combo produces an average of 108.3 FPS. Dropping to Medium raises this to 144.6 FPS, while Low yields 194.9 FPS.

Q: Is the GPU’s 16 GB VRAM sufficient for 4K Ultra in this game?

A: Yes, the 16 GB GDDR6X allocation is not the limiting factor. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average FPS is 42.3, which is a rendering throughput limit rather than a memory capacity issue, given that the game scales to 56.6 FPS at High and 76.2 FPS at Medium.

Q: How does the GPU compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 53610, which is 2.9% higher than the RTX 5070 Ti’s 52086. In practical terms, this translates to a slight but measurable edge in Hitman 2’s frame rates.

Q: What is the GPU’s percentile ranking among all graphics cards?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER sits in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610 across all tested workloads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a full matrix of resolution and settings combinations, all recorded at average FPS. At 1920x1080, the system delivers 303.6 FPS on Low, 223.8 FPS on Medium, 168.9 FPS on High, and 128 FPS on Ultra. These figures show that at 1080p, the CPU is still capable of feeding the GPU sufficiently, though the gap between Low and Ultra (a 175.6 FPS spread) indicates the GPU is beginning to throttle at higher settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 194.9 FPS on Low, 144.6 FPS on Medium, 108.3 FPS on High, and 80.8 FPS on Ultra. The scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution shows a 114.1 FPS drop, which is a more proportional response to the increased pixel count. The jump from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra costs 47.2 FPS, a 36.9% reduction, while at Low the cost is 108.7 FPS, a 35.8% reduction.

At 3840x2160, the results are 102.2 FPS on Low, 76.2 FPS on Medium, 56.6 FPS on High, and 42.3 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra figure of 42.3 FPS is the only result in the entire matrix that falls below the 60 FPS threshold, making this the sole configuration where the combo cannot sustain smooth gameplay. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 59.9 FPS, a much tighter range than at lower resolutions, which signals a clear GPU bottleneck.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate degradation from 1080p to 4K is steep and reveals which component governs performance. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 303.6 at 1080p to 194.9 at 1440p, then to 102.2 at 4K. That is a 66.3% reduction between 1080p and 4K. At Ultra settings, the drop is from 128 at 1080p to 80.8 at 1440p, and finally to 42.3 at 4K—a 67.0% reduction. The consistency of this percentage across settings (roughly two-thirds loss from 1080p to 4K) is a hallmark of a GPU-bound workload.

The limiting component is unequivocally the graphics card. If the Ryzen 7 5800X were the constraint, the frame rate would plateau at 1080p and the scaling to 4K would be less severe. Instead, the data shows that even at 1080p Low, the system achieves over 300 FPS, which is well beyond what the CPU’s single-thread performance (a 3dmark single-thread score of 943) would cap if it were the bottleneck. The CPU’s 16-thread score of 7586 in 3dmark suggests ample headroom for Hitman 2’s threading model, which does not appear to be stressed at any resolution.

The 4K High result of 56.6 FPS is particularly telling. It sits between the 42.3 FPS Ultra and 76.2 FPS Medium, showing that the GPU’s fill rate and shading units are the primary drivers. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s are being taxed heavily at 4K, and the incremental cost of each settings tier is nearly linear. This is a classic GPU-limited scenario, where the Ryzen 7 5800X’s 32 MB of L3 cache and 8-core/16-thread configuration are more than sufficient to feed the frame queue without introducing stutter or frame pacing issues. The measured data confirms that for Hitman 2, this combo is best suited for 1440p High/Ultra or 1080p Ultra, with 4K reserved for Medium settings if the target is 60 FPS.