Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination delivers a robust, high-refresh-rate experience for Hitman 2 at 1080p, but struggles to maintain playable frame rates at 4K with maximum settings. The pairing places at rank 1020 out of 1795 tested combos, positioning it in the upper-middle tier of the database. This rank reflects a balanced system where the CPU’s strong multi-threaded performance and the GPU’s modern architecture combine to handle a 2018 stealth title with relative ease at lower resolutions, yet the GPU’s memory and bandwidth constraints become apparent as resolution scales upward.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1020 out of 1795 places it in the 57th percentile of all tested configurations, indicating a competent but not elite pairing for Hitman 2. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on Zen 3 architecture, and its benchmark data shows a 3DMark max-thread score of 10075, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 33150. This CPU performance is 0.2% above the AMD EPYC 4245P and 0.9% above the Intel Core i7-13700F, though it trails the Intel Core i7-13700 by 1%. The RTX 4060, with a Passmark G3D score of 19545, runs 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, while leading the Intel Arc B580 by 0.7%. The rank suggests that the system is well above average for this title, but not in the top tier where 4K Ultra becomes viable.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data shows a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and frame rate. At 1080p, the High preset delivers 97.5 FPS, which is smooth for stealth gameplay, while Ultra drops to 70.8 FPS—still playable but with diminishing returns. The Medium preset at 129.2 FPS offers the best balance for competitive or fast-paced play, providing a 32.6% increase over High while retaining acceptable visual quality. At 1440p, High achieves 61 FPS, which is borderline for a smooth experience, while Medium hits 85 FPS, making it the recommended setting for 1440p monitors. Low presets are unnecessary at these resolutions, as Medium already provides a 45.7% uplift over High at 1440p. For 4K, no preset achieves a consistent 60 FPS; High yields 34.7 FPS, and even Low only reaches 56.7 FPS. The data indicates that players should prioritize Medium at 1080p or 1440p, and if 4K is required, Low is the only viable option, though it sacrifices significant visual detail.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rates scale non-linearly with resolution, revealing the GPU as the primary bottleneck. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings reduces average FPS from 97.5 to 61, a 37.4% drop, while the jump to 4K further cuts performance to 34.7 FPS, a 64.4% decline from 1080p. This steep drop-off indicates that the RTX 4060’s 128-bit memory bus and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for the pixel throughput demanded at 4K. The GPU’s 8 GB GDDR6 memory also becomes a limiting factor, as Hitman 2’s high-resolution textures likely exceed the frame buffer at 4K. Conversely, the CPU’s performance remains ample across resolutions; the Ryzen 9 5900X’s 3DMark single-thread score of 941 and Cinebench R20 single-core score of 1965 ensure that the processor does not constrain frame rates even at 1080p Low, where the GPU is less burdened. The data suggests that the RTX 4060 is optimized for 1080p and entry-level 1440p, but not for 4K gaming.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the RTX 4060 delivers a wide range of performance across settings. Low settings produce 173.7 FPS, which is more than double the 70.8 FPS seen at Ultra. Medium at 129.2 FPS represents a sweet spot, offering 33% more performance than High while maintaining visual coherence. High at 97.5 FPS is still fluid, but the 27.3 FPS gap between High and Medium suggests that High includes costly effects that do not proportionally improve the experience. Ultra’s 70.8 FPS is the minimum for a playable experience, but the 45.7% drop from Medium to Ultra indicates diminishing returns.

At 1440p, the pattern continues but with lower absolute values. Low achieves 111.4 FPS, which is excellent for high-refresh displays, while Medium drops to 85 FPS—still well above the 60 FPS threshold. High at 61 FPS is exactly at the playable boundary, and Ultra falls to 45.5 FPS, which is not recommended for smooth gameplay. The transition from 1080p to 1440p at Medium results in a 34.2% FPS loss, from 129.2 to 85, highlighting the GPU’s bandwidth limitations.

At 4K, the GPU is clearly overburdened. Low yields 56.7 FPS, which is playable but below the ideal 60 FPS target. Medium drops to 47.1 FPS, High to 34.7 FPS, and Ultra to 25.1 FPS—all below acceptable playability thresholds. The 31.6 FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is the largest across all resolutions, underscoring the GPU’s inability to handle high-detail 4K rendering. The data shows that the RTX 4060 is not a 4K-capable card for Hitman 2, and users should stick to 1080p or 1440p for optimal results.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, based on the AD107 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, is the primary determinant of frame rates in this pairing. Its 8 GB GDDR6 memory, 128-bit bus, and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results suggest that memory capacity and bandwidth are the limiting factors. The GPU’s boost clock of 2460 MHz and FP32 performance of 15.11 TFLOPS provide ample compute power for Hitman 2’s DX12 rendering, as evidenced by the 173.7 FPS at 1080p Low. However, the 48 ROPs and 118.1 GPixel/s pixel rate are modest, contributing to the steep performance drop at higher resolutions. The GPU’s Passmark G3D score of 19545 places it in the 66th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, is only 0.6% faster, indicating that the RTX 4060 is a mid-range card that performs as expected. The 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores are not utilized significantly in Hitman 2, which is a non-ray-traced title, so the GPU’s rasterization performance is what matters most. The data confirms that the RTX 4060 is the bottleneck at 4K, while the Ryzen 9 5900X, with its high multi-threaded scores (Cinebench R23 multi-core 33150) and 64 MB L3 cache, remains underutilized, as the game’s single-threaded demands (3DMark single-thread 941) are easily met. This asymmetric balance means that upgrading the GPU would yield the most significant frame rate improvements at 4K, while the CPU has headroom for future titles.