Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 delivers a measured combination of performance in Hitman 2. The data shows that this pairing sits at rank 255 out of 3,711 tested combos, reflecting a strong overall position. The CPU and GPU individually also sit high in their respective percentile rankings: the Ryzen 9 7900X is in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, and the RTX 4080 is in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. This analysis is based strictly on the FPS values captured at each resolution and settings preset, along with the synthetic benchmark scores of the components.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS values at three resolutions—1920×1080, 2560×1440, and 3840×2160—demonstrate how the combo scales across different pixel loads. At the High preset, the average FPS drops from 172 at 1080p to 110 at 1440p and further to 58 at 4K. That is a 114-frame reduction from 1080p to 4K, and the latter figure (58) is the lowest of any High preset beyond 1440p. In contrast, Low settings yield 302 fps at 1080p, 193 fps at 1440p, and 103 fps at 4K. The 4K Low figure is still more than double the 4K High average.

The Ultra preset is the most punishing: it drops to 126 FPS at 1080p, 81 FPS at 1440p, and 43 FPS at 4K. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 60 FPS (103 vs 43). The scaling between resolutions at the same preset is not uniform; for example, at Medium settings, the 1080p average is 227 FPS, the 1440p is 145 FPS, and the 4K is 77 FPS. These drops indicate that the RTX 4080 is the limiting component as resolution increases, especially at 4K where the GPU's output directly determines the final frame rate. The CPU's load becomes less dominant at lower resolutions, but even at 1080p, the FPS figures are far beyond the 60 FPS threshold, suggesting that the combo handles the game without CPU-side starvation.

A particularly interesting row is the Medium preset, which has recorded min/avg/max values: at 1080p, min 193, avg 227, max 261; at 1440p, min 123, avg 145, max 167; at 4K, min 66, avg 77, max 89. These min and max numbers indicate a tight band of performance across all resolutions, pointing to a stable experience without large frame-time spikes. The 4K Medium max (89) is higher than the 4K High average (58), suggesting that medium offers headroom for extra FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the measured combination space, the Ryzen 9 7900X and RTX 4080 combo occupies a rank of 255 out of 3,711 tested combos. That places this CPU/GPU pairing in the top 255 of the database, a strong showing given the broad range of components evaluated. To contextualise this, the CPU’s nearest rivals in its own benchmark pool are the AMD EPYC 7313P (0.2% ahead), the Intel Xeon 634 (0.6% ahead), the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (0.3% behind), and the Intel Core i7-14700F (0.6% behind). The GPU’s nearest rivals are the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12GB (2.6% behind), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (1.1% behind), and the AMD Radeon 8060S (2.7% behind). These pointer counts define the competitive position of each part individually, though the game-tier rank is more than the sum of parts because it also reflects how well the CPU and GPU work in tandem.

3. Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS, the ideal settings for Hitman 2 depend on the target display resolution. At 1080p, every preset except Ultra delivers an average over 170 FPS; even Ultra holds 126 FPS, which is more than enough for a steady 60 Hz experience and also accommodates high-refresh monitors. For 1440p, the Medium preset at 145 FPS outperforms High (110) and Ultra (81), demonstrating a strong balance between visual fidelity and frame rate; Ultra is still playable at 81 FPS. At the highest 4K-structured target, the 2205, the High preset drops to 58 FPS, making it marginally below the 60 FPS line, whereas Medium raises the average to 77 FPS with a reported 66 FPS minimum. Ultra only averages 43 FPS, which will likely feel stuttery for a modern action-stealth title. Therefore, a sensible approach is to select the Medium preset at 4K, and High or Ultra at 1440p and 1080p. Specifically, 1440p Ultra gives 81 FPS, which would be acceptable for many, but Medium provides a higher margin. Hitman 2 rewards smoothness, and the data suggests that the Medium setting at 4K offers the best compromise on quality and frame rate.

4 Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below summarises all measured FPS values. The only presets that include minimum and maximum values are Medium at three resolutions; the other rows report only the average.

| Resolution | Settings | AvgFPS | MinFPS | MaxFPS |

|------------|----------|--------|--------|--------|

| 3840×2160 | High | 58 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 103 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 77 | 66 | 89 |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 43 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | High | 110 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 193 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 145 | 123 | 167 |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 81 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | High | 172 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Low | 302 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 227 | 193 | 261 |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 126 | – | – |

The data reveals a consistent pattern: Low settings at 1080p achieve 302 FPS, which is the highest recorded number; Ultra at 4K falls to 43 FPS, the lowest. The Medium preset at each resolution sits between the extremes, and its min/max range is relatively tight—at 4K, min 66 to max 89; at 1440p, 123–166; and at 1080p, 193–261. This narrow spread for Medium across all resolutions suggests that the game engine and the hardware share a stable frame time profile at that quality tier.

3 GPU Role

Playing a central role in delivering the FPS figures is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory, a 256-bit bus, and a bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s. The boost clock of 2505 MHz and base 2205 MHz—paired with 9728 shading units, 304 TMUs, and 112 ROCS —yield a pixel rate of 280.6 Gigapixels/s and a texture rate of 761.5 Gigatexels/s. These throughput numbers are directly relevant to the heavy fill-rate demand from Hitman 2’s environments; the texture rate ensures that large crowds and dynamically lit levels maintain detail. The GPU’s memory bandwidth provides ample headroom to the scenes, although the game’s VRAM usage is not measured here, the 16 GB capacity readily covers the game’s typical footprint. The GPU’s performance near the end of the scale is highlighted by its 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6,567, its OpenCL of 214,739, and Vulkan of 263,779. The RTX 4080 sits in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals—the RTX 4080 SUPER at 0.1% higher, and slightly better Radeon Pro W5700X (1.1% behind) and RX 6750 GRE (2.6% behind) — reinforce that this card is a very strong performer. However, the 4K Ultra data: 43 FPS is the cumulative bottleneck of the GPU’s core capacity at maximum load, and that result aligns with the GPU card’s position as the limiting resource at 4K Ultra.

In contrast, the FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K at low settings indicates that the GPU is not restrained by the GPU’s fill capacity at 1080p, but rather by the CPU. At 1080p Low, the 302 average is far above the game’s typical target, which is a sign that the CPU output can push the GPU to its limits, although the GPU’s chip itself is not the binding constraint. The 4K Ultra 43 make clear that the RTX 4080’s computational resources—its 76 Ray accelerators and FP32 compute—need to be trimmed to achieve 60+ FPS even with High or Medium. The 58 average FPS at 4K High is 1 unit short of 60, which is a engineering point to consider for immersion. For most users, the Medium 77 FPS at 4K provides a comfortable margin beyond the typical 60 Hz read.

6 FAQ

Q: Why does 4K Ultra drop to 43 FPS while 4K Medium yields 77?

A: The Ultra preset places a heavier load on the RTX 4080’s pixel and texture pipelines. The measured data shows a 43 FPS average at 3840×2160 Ultra, whereas Medium at the same resolution averages 77 FPS with a minimum of 66. The 34-frame difference comes from the graphical effects activated at Ultra, which push the GPU past its fill-rate capacity.

Q: What is the maximum FPS this combo can achieve?

A: The highest number recorded is 302 FPS at 1920×1080 Low. At 1080p Higher, it is 172, and at 1080p Medium the average is 227 with a maximum of 261. The fastest frame generation is at 1080p Low, but a typical usage would be at High or Medium.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 bottlenecked by the Ryzen 9 7900X at any resolution?

A: The FPs scaling shows that at 1080p the machine exceeds 170 FPS even at High, indicating that the CPU can drive the GPU head throughout. At 4K the GPU performance drops (from 103 Low to 58 High to 43 Ultra) while the CPU is identical, suggesting that the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The framerate difference between 1080p and 4K at the same settings (e.g., High: 172 vs. 110 vs. 58) highlights the GPU’s dominance at higher resolution.

Q: How does this combo perform compared to other CPU/GPU pairings?

A: The combo is ranked 255 out of 3,711 in the database. Individually, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a 91st percentile CPU, while the RTX 4080 is in the 86th percentile of GPUs. Its nearest peers are the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% higher GPU score) and RX 6750 GRE (2.6% higher GPU score), so it is just behind those in raw GPU output but still in the top 7% of tested pairings.

Q: Should I use the Medium preset at 4K?

A: Based on the measurements, Medium at 3840×2160 delivers a 77 FPS average with a 66 minimum, which is about 34% higher than the 58 of High. If you want a 4K experience with a stable frame, Medium is the recommended preset; Ultra is at 43, which is likely too low for smooth play.

Q: Does the CPU’s boost clock matter in this game?

A: The CPU has a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, and its single-thread performance is indexed by the PassMark single-thread score of 4,238 and Geekbench single core score of 2,617. Those results likely support the game’s single-threaded scenes, but the FPS at 1080p Low (302) and High (172) show that the CPU is delivering high raw output; in Hitman 2, the CPU’s clocks are part of the reason the combo can exceed 100 FPS at 1440p and nearly 60 at 4K High.

7 CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 4 360° architecture (codenamed Raphael) fabricated on a 5 nm TSMC process. Its L3 cache is a unified 32 MB, with an additional 1 MB of L2 per core and 64 KB of L1 per core. The base clock is 4.70 GHz, and the boost clock reaches 5.60 GHz, while the TDP is 170 W. The processor supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode with a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. This is paired with a 24-lane PCIe 5.0 interface, which aligns with a modern mid-gen gaming platform. The flagship-level multitasking performance is evident in its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 29,300, the Cinebench R15 multicore 4,820.5, and the PassMark multithread number of 51,406. Single-threaded results include Geekbench single-core of 2,617 and Cinebench R23 single-core 2,016.5. The passMark single thread of 4,238 also indicates a strong per-core throughput. With a CPU percentile of 91 and an average benchmark score of 53,288, it sits closely between the EPYC 7313P, the Xeon Phi 7290, and the Xeon 634, as previously mentioned.

In Hitman 2, the GPU’s output is the ultimate determinant of FPS at the higher resolutions, and the CPU’s role is more indirect. At 1080p, the combination of CPU and GPU can produce 172 FPS even on High, with Low up to 302 FPS. These numbers indicate that the CPU’s 12 cores can feed the GPU without being the limiting factor, because the GPU is rendering faster than many systems could. However, at 1440p and 4K, the GPU becomes the stressed resource, as the FPS drop demonstrates. The CPU does not appear to throttle the performance in this title; the high boost clock and efficient single-core core execution help keep the system fluid. For a game of this scale (sub-19 players with stealth attention to CPU overhead), the 7900X offers ample headroom, as evidenced by the fact that the FPS at 4K High (58) is limited by graphics, not by the processor’s throughput. The data suggests that the Ryzen 9 7900X is not a limiting factor in Hitman 2 – the processor comfortably permits the RTX 4080 to reach its capability across the standard benchmark range.