Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combo ranks 1019th out of 1795 tested combinations for Hitman 2. That places it in the 57th percentile of all tested combos, meaning a solidly mid-pack result that leans toward the upper half of the field. The data shows this pairing is capable of strong 1080p performance but struggles to maintain playable frame rates at 4K with high or ultra settings, making it a configuration best suited for 1440p or below.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this combo in Hitman 2?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 173.1 FPS average. For a balance of visual quality and performance, 2560x1440 at High settings delivers 65.6 FPS, which is smoother than the 1080p Ultra result of 70.8 FPS only slightly, but with significantly better image clarity.

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

A: Only at Low settings, where it averages 60.3 FPS. At Medium settings, the frame rate drops to 44.7 FPS, High falls to 30.5 FPS, and Ultra is essentially unplayable at 21.4 FPS. The 4K results show a steep penalty for quality increases.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4060 has an average benchmark score of 23181, which is 0.7% higher than the Intel Arc B580 (23021) and 0.8% higher than the AMD Radeon 760M (22999). It trails the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23321) by 0.6% and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (23338) by 0.7%.

Q: What is the CPU's relative standing among all processors?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800XT ranks in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29774. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, scores 29740, a negligible 0.1% difference, while the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS is 0.3% faster at 29856.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the CPU is not the primary limiting factor at 1080p. At Low settings, the combo reaches 173.1 FPS, which is a high frame rate, but the CPU's single-thread score of 959 in 3DMark and multi-thread score of 7683 indicate it has ample headroom for most gaming scenarios.

Q: Is this a good combo for high-refresh-rate 1080p monitors?

A: Yes, for most settings. At Medium settings it produces 131.7 FPS, and at High settings 98.8 FPS, both of which are above the 60-144Hz range commonly found on 1080p monitors. Only Ultra settings dip below 100 FPS at 70.8 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 98.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 65.6 FPS at 2560x1440, a 33.6% reduction, and then to 30.5 FPS at 3840x2160, a 69.1% reduction from the 1080p baseline. This is a steep decline, indicating that the GPU is the primary performance limiter as resolution increases.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic in absolute terms: 173.1 FPS at 1080p falls to 109.5 FPS at 1440p and then to 60.3 FPS at 4K. The fact that the 4K Low result is still above 60 FPS suggests the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU enough data at lower resolutions, but the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions.

The difference between settings at each resolution is telling. At 1080p, the gap between Low (173.1 FPS) and Ultra (70.8 FPS) is 102.3 FPS, a 144% performance headroom. At 1440p, the gap is 62.9 FPS (109.5 to 46.6), and at 4K it narrows to 38.9 FPS (60.3 to 21.4). This compression of the settings range at higher resolutions further confirms that the GPU is the limiting component, as the CPU overhead becomes less relevant when the GPU is already saturated.

The 4K Ultra result of 21.4 FPS is particularly notable, as it is less than half of the 4K Medium result of 44.7 FPS. This indicates that the Ultra preset in Hitman 2 imposes a massive rendering load that the RTX 4060's 8 GB of VRAM and 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth cannot sustain. For 4K gaming, the data suggests sticking to Low settings or lowering the resolution to 1440p for a better experience.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide range of performance depending on settings. Low settings produce an average of 173.1 FPS, Medium yields 131.7 FPS, High results in 98.8 FPS, and Ultra drops to 70.8 FPS. These numbers show a consistent step-down of roughly 30 FPS between each quality tier, with the largest single drop occurring between Medium and High (32.9 FPS).

At 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down proportionally. Low settings average 109.5 FPS, which is still very playable. Medium settings produce 84.8 FPS, High settings reach 65.6 FPS, and Ultra falls to 46.6 FPS. The step-down pattern is similar to 1080p, but the absolute gaps are smaller, with the largest drop being 38.2 FPS between Low and Medium.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes marginal for most settings. Low settings average 60.3 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 44.7 FPS, High to 30.5 FPS, and Ultra to 21.4 FPS. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is severe, with the High setting losing 35.1 FPS and the Ultra setting losing 25.2 FPS. The 4K results clearly show that the RTX 4060 is not designed for high-fidelity 4K gaming in this title.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process and 18,900 million transistors. It operates at a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with memory running at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a modest amount for a modern GPU.

The GPU's benchmark results show a passmark G3D score of 19545 and a passmark GPU compute score of 9213. In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, it scores 2302. The GPU ranks in the 66th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23181. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, scores 23321, a 0.6% difference, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti scores 23338, a 0.7% difference.

For Hitman 2, the GPU's role is decisive at higher resolutions. The 4K Ultra result of 21.4 FPS is a clear indicator that the 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus are insufficient for the game's high-fidelity textures and effects at that resolution. The 4K Low result of 60.3 FPS shows the GPU can handle the geometry, but the memory bandwidth becomes a bottleneck when texture quality increases. At 1080p, the GPU has enough headroom to deliver high frame rates, but the step from High to Ultra still costs 28 FPS, suggesting the game's Ultra preset is particularly demanding on the GPU's shading units and ROPs.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) on a 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, with 32 MB of L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory with a dual-channel bus and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, and it uses PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes.

The CPU's benchmark results are strong for its class. It scores 23794 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3359 in single-core. In 3DMark, it achieves 7683 in the 16-thread test and 959 in single-thread. The passmark multi-thread score is 27988, and the single-thread score is 3538. These numbers place the CPU in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29774.

For Hitman 2, the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads provide ample processing power. The game is not particularly CPU-intensive compared to modern titles, and the data shows that at 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 173.1 FPS, which is a high frame rate that suggests the CPU is not the bottleneck. The 4K Low result of 60.3 FPS is also higher than the 4K Medium result of 44.7 FPS, which indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU at lower settings, but the GPU's performance limits the overall frame rate as settings increase. The CPU's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by its 3359 score in Cinebench R23 single-core, ensures that game logic and draw calls are handled efficiently, but the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are the limiting factors in Hitman 2's higher quality presets.