Hitman 2

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the Intel Arc B370 lands at rank 2768 out of 3001 tested combos in Hitman 2. That places this configuration in the bottom 8% of all combinations tested, a result driven almost entirely by the GPU side of the equation. The combo sits 233 positions from the bottom, with only 233 tested configurations performing worse. This is not a combination that will deliver a competitive experience in this title at higher settings, and the data suggests the Arc B370 is the primary constraint holding the platform back.

When examining the GPU's standalone standing, the Arc B370 ranks in the 5th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 1184 in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test. That places it in extremely modest company. Its nearest rivals include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570, which scores 1186, a delta of -0.2%, and the ATI Radeon HD 5770 at 1190, a delta of -0.5%. Even the AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192, putting the Arc B370 0.7% behind that part. Only the AMD FirePro M2000, at 1168, sits below it, with the Arc B370 holding a 1.4% advantage. These are not modern gaming parts, and the comparison underscores how far off the pace this GPU is for a 2018 title like Hitman 2.

The CPU, by contrast, is a heavyweight. The Ryzen 9 7900X sits in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53288. Its nearest rivals in the CPU rankings are all server or high-end desktop parts: the AMD EPYC 7313P trails by 0.2% at 53206, the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 leads by 0.3% at 53469, the Intel Xeon 634 trails by 0.6% at 52974, and the Intel Core i7-14700F leads by 0.6% at 53620. This is a CPU that can handle far more demanding workloads than what the Arc B370 can feed it in Hitman 2.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics solution based on the Panther Lake chip, built on Intel's Xe3-LPG architecture at a 3 nm process node. Its specifications are modest by any modern standard: 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units. It also includes 10 ray tracing cores, though the relevance of ray tracing in Hitman 2 — a stealth title from 2018 — is minimal. The GPU operates at a base clock of 300 MHz and a boost clock of 2400 MHz, which is a wide boost range that suggests the integrated part can scale up when thermal and power headroom allow.

Memory is the most significant limitation here. The Arc B370 uses system shared memory with a system dependent bandwidth figure. There is no dedicated VRAM pool, no dedicated bus width, and no dedicated memory type listed — it simply pulls from the host system's DDR5 memory. The Ryzen 9 7900X supports dual-channel DDR5 with a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, but that bandwidth is shared between the CPU and the integrated GPU. In a game like Hitman 2, which benefits from dedicated graphics memory, this shared arrangement creates a bottleneck that shows up clearly in the measured frame rates.

The GPU's compute capabilities are similarly constrained. The Arc B370 delivers 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 12.29 TFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 2:1 ratio. Pixel rate is rated at 48.00 GPixel/s and texture rate at 96.00 GTexel/s. These figures place it squarely in entry-level territory, and the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184 confirms that. The GPU's 5th percentile ranking among all tested GPUs is a stark indicator of where it sits relative to the broader market.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Hitman 2 shows a predictable but severe drop as resolution increases, and the pattern reveals that the GPU is the limiting component at every step. At 1080p, the Arc B370 manages a playable 73 FPS on Low settings, which drops to 54 FPS on Medium, 41 FPS on High, and 30 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 1440p, those numbers fall to 46 FPS on Low, 35 FPS on Medium, 26 FPS on High, and 19 FPS on Ultra. At 4K, the bottom falls out: 25 FPS on Low, 19 FPS on Medium, 14 FPS on High, and just 10 FPS on Ultra.

The scaling from 1080p to 4K on Low settings shows a 65.8% drop, from 73 FPS to 25 FPS. On Medium settings, the drop is 64.8%, from 54 FPS to 19 FPS. High settings fall 65.9%, from 41 FPS to 14 FPS, and Ultra settings drop 66.7%, from 30 FPS to 10 FPS. This consistent roughly two-thirds reduction across all quality presets indicates that the integrated GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are being saturated as pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K. The CPU is not the limiting factor here — if it were, the scaling would be much flatter, since the Ryzen 9 7900X has ample headroom.

The fact that even Low settings at 4K cannot hold 30 FPS — averaging just 25 FPS — is telling. It means the Arc B370 simply does not have the raw throughput to drive 8.3 million pixels per frame at acceptable rates, regardless of how much load is taken off the shading units by lowering quality. The 19 FPS average on Medium at 4K, with a minimum of 16 FPS and a maximum of 21 FPS, shows a frame time variance that would be noticeable in a stealth game where precise timing matters.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Arc B370 produces its best results. Low settings yield an average of 73 FPS, which is the only fully playable figure in the entire dataset. Medium settings drop to 54 FPS, with a minimum of 46 FPS and a maximum of 63 FPS. High settings average 41 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 30 FPS. The 1080p Low result is 35.2% higher than 1080p Medium, and 1080p Medium is 31.7% higher than 1080p High. The gap between High and Ultra is 26.8%, showing that the Ultra preset's additional effects exact a significant toll on this GPU.

At 2560x1440, the picture worsens considerably. Low settings average 46 FPS, which is a 37% drop from the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 35 FPS, with a minimum of 30 FPS and a maximum of 40 FPS — a 35.2% drop from 1080p Medium. High settings average 26 FPS, a 36.6% drop, and Ultra settings average 19 FPS, a 36.7% drop. None of these 1440p results are consistently playable, though the Low setting might be tolerable for less demanding scenes. The 19 FPS Ultra result at 1440p is particularly weak, indicating that the GPU cannot handle high-end settings at this resolution at all.

At 3840x2160, the results are effectively unusable for gameplay. Low settings average 25 FPS, Medium averages 19 FPS with a minimum of 16 FPS and a maximum of 21 FPS, High averages 14 FPS, and Ultra averages 10 FPS. The 4K results show a 45.7% drop from 1440p on Low (46 to 25 FPS), a 45.7% drop on Medium (35 to 19 FPS), a 46.2% drop on High (26 to 14 FPS), and a 47.4% drop on Ultra (19 to 10 FPS). These are not playable numbers for a stealth game that requires smooth camera movement and quick reactions, and the minimum FPS figures in the sub-20 range would cause visible stutter.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, code-named Raphael, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It operates at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and boosts up to 5.60 GHz, with a TDP of 170 W. The CPU supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration with 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and it includes 64 MB of shared L3 cache, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 64 KB of L1 cache per core. It uses the AMD Socket AM5 platform with PCIe Gen 5 support across 24 lanes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 7900X demonstrates substantial headroom. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 29300, with a single-core score of 2016.5. Geekbench results show a multi-core score of 19267 and a single-core score of 2617. The 3DMark scores range from 1093 in single-threaded testing to 12536 at max threads, with 16-thread performance at 10972. PassMark results include a multi-thread score of 51406 and a single-thread score of 4238. These figures place the CPU in the 91st percentile among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53288.

For Hitman 2, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls, handle AI, process physics, and manage the game's simulation layer. The 7900X does all of this with considerable margin. The game's measured FPS does not scale with CPU performance in this dataset — the bottleneck is clearly the GPU. At 1080p Low, where the CPU would typically matter most, the 73 FPS result is more than double the 30 FPS at 1080p Ultra, and that gap is entirely attributable to GPU load. The CPU's 12 cores and 24 threads are more than sufficient for a 2018 title like Hitman 2, which was designed for far less capable hardware.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database are the AMD EPYC 7313P, Intel Xeon Phi 7290, Intel Xeon 634, and Intel Core i7-14700F, all of which score within 0.6% of the 7900X. This is a CPU that trades blows with enterprise and high-end desktop parts, which makes the overall combo ranking of 2768 out of 3001 all the more stark. The CPU is doing its job; the GPU is not.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo playable in Hitman 2 at 1080p?

A: At 1080p with Low settings, the combo averages 73 FPS, which is playable. Medium settings drop to 54 FPS, High to 41 FPS, and Ultra to 30 FPS. The 1080p Low setting is the only fully playable configuration in the dataset.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The Arc B370 scores 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 scores 1186 (0.2% higher), the ATI Radeon HD 5770 scores 1190 (0.5% higher), the AMD Radeon HD 7650M scores 1192 (0.7% higher), and the AMD FirePro M2000 scores 1168 (1.4% lower).

Q: What is the FPS drop from 1080p to 4K on High settings?

A: High settings at 1080p average 41 FPS, while at 4K they average 14 FPS. That is a 65.9% reduction, indicating the GPU is the limiting component as pixel count increases.

Q: Does the Ryzen 9 7900X bottleneck the Arc B370 in Hitman 2?

A: No. The CPU ranks in the 91st percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 53288, and its nearest rivals are within 0.6% of its performance. The FPS scaling across resolutions is consistent with a GPU bottleneck, not a CPU limitation.

Q: What is the best 4K result for this combo?

A: The best 4K result is on Low settings at 25 FPS average. Medium averages 19 FPS, High averages 14 FPS, and Ultra averages 10 FPS. None of these are playable for a stealth title.

Q: How does the combo rank overall in Hitman 2?

A: The combo ranks 2768 out of 3001 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 8% of all configurations tested for this game. The GPU's 5th percentile standing among all GPUs is the primary driver of this low rank.