Hitman 2

# Hitman 2 with AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 produces a benchmark profile in Hitman 2 that is heavily dictated by resolution and preset selection. Across the measured matrix of three resolutions and four settings presets, the combo shows a clear progression from GPU-bound at 4K to increasingly CPU-capable at 1080p, with the data indicating that the RTX 5060’s 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory interface become the primary constraints at higher resolutions. The combo ranks 1313th out of 3001 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a pronounced resolution scaling curve for this combo. At 1080p High settings, the average FPS is 104, which drops to 66 at 1440p High — a 36.5% reduction. Moving from 1440p High to 4K High, the average falls from 66 to 35 FPS, another 47% decline. This steep drop-off pattern indicates that the RTX 5060 becomes the limiting component as pixel count rises, with the GPU’s 8 GB GDDR7 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth struggling to sustain frame rates at 4K.

The scaling behavior is more dramatic at the Ultra preset. At 1080p Ultra, the combo delivers 76 FPS average; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 49 FPS (a 35.5% reduction); and at 4K Ultra, it collapses to 26 FPS (a 47% further drop). This consistent ~35-47% decline per resolution step across both High and Ultra presets suggests that the GPU’s rendering throughput — not the CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads — is the dominant factor driving performance at resolutions above 1080p.

Conversely, the Low preset shows the smallest absolute FPS differences but still demonstrates resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 183 FPS average; at 1440p Low, it drops to 117 FPS (36% reduction); and at 4K Low, it reaches 62 FPS (47% reduction). The consistency of these percentage drops across all presets — roughly 36% from 1080p to 1440p and 47% from 1440p to 4K — strongly indicates a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 5060’s capabilities are the ceiling, regardless of whether the game is running at Low or Ultra settings.

The limiting component analysis points squarely at the GPU. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D’s benchmark scores — including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22807 and a PassMark single-thread score of 4704 — suggest ample headroom for this 2018 stealth title, which does not heavily tax modern multi-core processors. The data shows that even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would have the most influence, the combo only reaches 183 FPS, suggesting that the RTX 5060’s frame delivery is the bottleneck even at the lowest resolution tested.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows provide clear guidance on preset selection for different priorities. For players targeting 60 FPS average as a baseline, the 1080p High preset delivers 104 FPS, while 1080p Ultra achieves 76 FPS — both comfortably above that threshold. At 1440p, the High preset produces 66 FPS average, which still meets a 60 FPS target, but the Ultra preset drops to 49 FPS, falling short. At 4K, only the Low preset (62 FPS average) reaches 60 FPS, while Medium drops to 47 FPS and High falls to 35 FPS.

For the best experience per the measured rows, the 1440p High preset represents the optimal balance: it delivers 66 FPS average with no reported minimum FPS data, suggesting stable performance, while the 1080p Ultra preset offers 76 FPS for those who prioritize visual fidelity over resolution. The 4K Medium preset, with an average of 47 FPS and a minimum of 40 FPS, provides playable but not smooth performance, and its 40 FPS minimum frames indicate potential stutter in demanding scenes.

The data shows that the 1080p Medium preset (137 FPS average, 117 FPS minimum) and 1440p Medium preset (88 FPS average, 75 FPS minimum) both offer substantial headroom above 60 FPS, making them viable choices for players with high-refresh-rate displays. However, the Ultra preset at any resolution above 1080p appears to push the RTX 5060 beyond its comfort zone, with the 1440p Ultra average of 49 FPS and 4K Ultra average of 26 FPS both falling below the 60 FPS threshold that most players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060’s 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, plays a critical role in the measured results. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2280 MHz and a boost clock of 2497 MHz, with a pixel rate of 119.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s. These specifications, combined with 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, produce a PassMark G3D score of 20891 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3628.

The VRAM capacity appears to be a limiting factor at 4K resolutions. The measured FPS data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo delivers only 26 FPS average — a figure that suggests the 8 GB VRAM buffer may be insufficient for the texture and geometry demands of Hitman 2 at that resolution and preset. In contrast, at 1080p, the GPU’s memory bandwidth and capacity are adequate, as evidenced by the 183 FPS average at Low settings and 137 FPS at Medium.

The GPU’s performance relative to its nearest rivals in the database shows a tight grouping. The RTX 5060’s average benchmark score of 26331 places it 0.3% below the AMD Radeon 860M (26401) and 0.8% below the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary (26553), while it is 1.2% above the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (26011). This narrow spread, combined with the GPU’s 72nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, indicates that the RTX 5060 delivers mid-range performance that is competitive with its immediate peers in synthetic benchmarks, though the in-game results demonstrate that Hitman 2’s specific demands can push it harder than those averages suggest.

The GPU’s 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 compute throughput and 30 RT cores are sufficient for this game’s DirectX 12 rendering path, but the data shows that the 128-bit memory bus and 8 GB capacity create a ceiling at higher resolutions. The 4K Medium preset’s minimum FPS of 40, compared to the 1080p Medium minimum of 117 FPS, illustrates how memory bandwidth constraints amplify at higher pixel counts.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its strongest results. The Low preset delivers an average of 183 FPS, the Medium preset averages 137 FPS with a minimum of 117 FPS and maximum of 158 FPS, the High preset averages 104 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 76 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 58.5% reduction in frame rate, moving from 183 to 76 FPS, which reflects the increasing GPU load as settings scale up.

At 2560x1440, the performance drops are significant but still playable at most presets. Low averages 117 FPS, Medium averages 88 FPS with a minimum of 75 FPS and maximum of 101 FPS, High averages 66 FPS, and Ultra averages 49 FPS. The 1440p results show a 58.1% reduction from Low to Ultra (117 to 49 FPS), nearly identical to the 1080p scaling, confirming that the GPU’s relative performance across settings is consistent regardless of resolution.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles at higher presets. Low averages 62 FPS, Medium averages 47 FPS with a minimum of 40 FPS and maximum of 54 FPS, High averages 35 FPS, and Ultra averages 26 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 26 FPS represents a 85.8% reduction from the 1080p Low result of 183 FPS, highlighting the extreme performance cost of combining maximum resolution with maximum settings on this hardware. The 4K Medium minimum of 40 FPS and maximum of 54 FPS show a narrow band of performance, indicating consistent frame delivery but at a level below what most players would consider smooth.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1313th out of 3001 tested combinations in Hitman 2, placing it in the 56th percentile of all tested hardware pairings. This rank reflects the mid-range positioning of the RTX 5060, which carries the bulk of the performance burden in this game, while the Ryzen 7 9850X3D provides ample CPU headroom that does not constrain the results.

The CPU’s percentile ranking of 92 among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 58386, indicates that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a top-tier component that sits far above the GPU in relative performance. The nearest CPU rivals — the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (58323, 0.1% delta), Intel Xeon w5-2545 (58504, -0.2% delta), Intel Core i9-14900 (58115, 0.5% delta), and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (58826, -0.7% delta) — all cluster within 1% of the Ryzen’s average score, showing that the CPU is not a differentiator in this comparison.

The GPU’s 72nd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26331, is more modest and better reflects the combo’s overall position in the Hitman 2 database. The rank of 1313 out of 3001 suggests that many combinations with more powerful GPUs outperform this pairing, while the strong CPU ensures that the combo does not fall into the lower quartile. The data indicates that the combo’s rank is primarily determined by the GPU’s mid-range capabilities, as evidenced by the resolution scaling patterns that show the GPU as the limiting factor at every resolution tested.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 60 FPS average?

A: The data shows that 1440p High (66 FPS average) and 1080p Ultra (76 FPS average) both exceed 60 FPS. At 4K, only the Low preset (62 FPS average) reaches 60 FPS, while Medium (47 FPS) and above fall short.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 104 at 1080p High to 66 at 1440p High (a 36.5% reduction), then to 35 at 4K High (a further 47% reduction from 1440p). The total reduction from 1080p High to 4K High is 66.3%.

Q: Is the RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM sufficient for Hitman 2?

A: The measured data suggests it is adequate at 1080p and 1440p, where the combo delivers playable frame rates, but the 4K Ultra result of 26 FPS average indicates that the 8 GB capacity, combined with the 128-bit memory bus and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, becomes a limiting factor at maximum resolution and settings.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 9850X3D compare to its nearest CPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has an average benchmark score of 58386, which is 0.1% above the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (58323), 0.2% below the Intel Xeon w5-2545 (58504), 0.5% above the Intel Core i9-14900 (58115), and 0.7% below the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (58826).

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: At 1440p, Low averages 117 FPS while Ultra averages 49 FPS, representing a 58.1% reduction. The Medium preset (88 FPS average) and High preset (66 FPS average) sit between these extremes.

Q: Does the combo's rank in Hitman 2 reflect the CPU or GPU performance more?

A: The combo ranks 1313th out of 3001 tested combinations. The CPU ranks in the 92nd percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks in the 72nd percentile, indicating that the GPU’s mid-range performance is the primary determinant of the combo’s overall position in this game.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D brings substantial processing power to this pairing, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge codename) on a 4 nm TSMC process. The CPU operates at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, with a 96 MB shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 cache per core. Its PassMark multi-thread score of 41318 and single-thread score of 4704, along with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22807 and single-core score of 2228, demonstrate strong performance across both heavily threaded and lightly threaded workloads.

In Hitman 2, the CPU’s role appears secondary to the GPU. The measured FPS data shows consistent resolution scaling patterns that would be expected from a GPU-bound scenario, with the percentage drops from 1080p to 1440p and 1440p to 4K remaining nearly constant across all presets. If the CPU were the limiting factor, these scaling patterns would show diminishing FPS differences as resolution increases, since the CPU’s frame generation capability would cap performance regardless of pixel count.

The CPU’s benchmark scores suggest it has ample headroom for this game. The PassMark physics score of 4171 and data compression score of 474501 indicate strong computational throughput, while the 96 MB L3 cache — a hallmark of the X3D series — provides fast access to frequently used game data. However, the data shows that even at 1080p Low, where CPU load would be most apparent, the combo only reaches 183 FPS, suggesting that the RTX 5060’s frame delivery, not the CPU’s processing capability, sets the upper limit.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in the database — the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M, Intel Xeon w5-2545, Intel Core i9-14900, and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 — all score within 1% of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D’s average benchmark score, indicating that any of these processors would likely produce similar in-game results when paired with the same GPU. This reinforces the conclusion that the GPU is the performance bottleneck in this configuration, and that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D’s 92nd percentile ranking among all CPUs provides far more processing capability than Hitman 2 requires, leaving performance in the hands of the RTX 5060’s rendering throughput.