Hitman 2

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination delivers a dramatic performance curve across resolutions in Hitman 2, with the data showing a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as pixel count rises. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces an average of 332.9 FPS, a figure that demonstrates the immense headroom available when the CPU is not heavily taxed. Moving to 1440p Low, the average drops to 214.8 FPS, and at 4K Low it settles at 115.9 FPS. This progression shows that even at Low settings, the transition from 1080p to 4K incurs a 65% reduction in frame rate, highlighting the GPU's growing workload. At High settings, the pattern repeats: 189.3 FPS at 1080p, 121.6 FPS at 1440p, and 68.1 FPS at 4K. The most demanding configuration, Ultra at 4K, yields 48.5 FPS, which is less than one-sixth of the 1080p Low result. The scaling from 1440p High to 4K High represents a 44% performance drop, indicating that the RTX 4090 is the primary limiting component at higher resolutions, while the Ryzen 9 7900X provides sufficient throughput to avoid becoming a bottleneck at lower settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Hitman 2 reveals a consistent and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases, with the magnitude of the drop varying by quality preset. At the Low preset, the framerate falls from 332.9 FPS at 1080p to 214.8 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of 118.1 FPS, and then to 115.9 FPS at 4K, another 98.9 FPS decline. This steep descent indicates that the GPU is being pushed progressively harder, despite the low graphical load. At Medium settings, the values are 252.8 FPS at 1080p, 159.2 FPS at 1440p, and 86.7 FPS at 4K, showing a similar relative drop of roughly 37% from 1080p to 1440p and 45% from 1440p to 4K. The High preset yields 189.3 FPS, 121.6 FPS, and 68.1 FPS across the three resolutions, respectively, with the 4K figure being just 36% of the 1080p result. Ultra settings are the most punishing, producing 140.5 FPS at 1080p, 90.7 FPS at 1440p, and 48.5 FPS at 4K. The data suggests that at 1080p and 1440p, the CPU still has room to feed the GPU, as evidenced by the high frame rates exceeding 100 FPS in most presets. However, at 4K, the GPU's rendering workload becomes the dominant factor, with the Ultra preset dropping below 60 FPS, a clear sign that the RTX 4090 is saturated.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the cornerstone of this combo's performance in Hitman 2, and its specifications directly explain the observed frame rates. The GPU features 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for the game's textures at any resolution. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz, with 21 Gbps effective speed, while the core operates between a 2235 MHz base and 2520 MHz boost clock. These clocks contribute to a pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s, which are critical for handling the detailed environments and lighting effects in Hitman 2. The GPU's FP32 performance of 82.58 TFLOPS means that raw compute is not a limiting factor at lower resolutions, but the 4K Ultra result of 48.5 FPS indicates that the card's 176 ROPs and shading units are being fully utilized. The RTX 4090 ranks in the 91st percentile against all GPUs in the database, and its average benchmark score of 66473 places it within 0.4% of the NVIDIA Tesla T4 and 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA Tesla P40, showing consistent performance relative to its immediate peers. In Hitman 2, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced at 4K, where the difference between Low (115.9 FPS) and Ultra (48.5 FPS) is 67.4 FPS, a gap that underscores the impact of pixel shading and memory bandwidth demands.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X provides the computational foundation for this combo, and its multi-core strength ensures that the GPU is not left waiting for data. With 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, the CPU operates at a 4.70 GHz base clock and boosts to 5.60 GHz, offering single-thread performance that is essential for game logic. The 64 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core help reduce memory latency, which is beneficial in a stealth game where AI routines and physics calculations are frequent. The CPU's benchmark scores reinforce its capability: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 43695 and a single-core score of 6168, with a 3DMark max-threads score of 12536. In the database, the Ryzen 9 7900X sits in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 50556. Its nearest rivals show it trailing the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 by 0.1%, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT by 0.4%, the Intel Core i7-13850HX by 0.5%, and the Intel Core i9-13980HX by 0.8%. These margins are narrow, indicating that the CPU is not a weak link. In Hitman 2, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p, where the 332.9 FPS Low result suggests that the Ryzen 9 7900X can drive frame rates well beyond typical display refresh rates, and even at 1440p Low, the 214.8 FPS figure shows no significant CPU bottleneck. However, at 4K Ultra, the 48.5 FPS result is clearly GPU-bound, as the CPU's high single-thread score prevents it from becoming the limiting factor.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra settings for this combo?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 48.5 FPS, which is the lowest result across all tested configurations in the data.

Q: How does the Ryzen 9 7900X compare to its nearest rival in CPU benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 9 7900X has an average benchmark score of 50556, which is 0.1% lower than the Intel Core Ultra 5 235's 50598, and 0.8% lower than the Intel Core i9-13980HX's 50944, showing a very tight grouping.

Q: What is the difference in FPS between 1080p and 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 189.3 FPS at 1920x1080 to 68.1 FPS at 3840x2160, a reduction of 121.2 FPS, indicating significant GPU scaling pressure.

Q: Does the RTX 4090's memory bandwidth affect 4K performance in Hitman 2?

A: The GPU has 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth across a 384-bit bus with 24 GB of GDDR6X, and the substantial drop from 115.9 FPS at 4K Low to 48.5 FPS at 4K Ultra suggests that memory bandwidth and pixel fill rate are heavily taxed at higher settings.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 41st out of 1795 tested combinations, placing it in the top 2.3% of all systems in the database for Hitman 2 performance.

Q: How does the CPU's single-core performance compare to its multi-core performance?

A: The Ryzen 9 7900X achieves a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6168, which is roughly 14% of its multi-core score of 43695, showing strong scaling across its 12 cores.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's position in the database is exceptional, ranking 41st out of 1795 total tested combinations for Hitman 2. This top-2.3% placement reflects the synergy between the Ryzen 9 7900X and RTX 4090, where neither component falls significantly behind its peers. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking and the GPU's 91st percentile ranking are closely aligned, meaning that the system is well-balanced for this title. In practical terms, this rank signifies that the combo outperforms 97.7% of all other CPU-GPU pairings tested in the database for this game, making it a high-end solution for players seeking maximum frame rates. The measured FPS data supports this ranking, as the combo achieves above 60 FPS at 4K High (68.1 FPS) and above 140 FPS at 1080p Ultra (140.5 FPS), which are strong results for a game released in 2018. The rank also suggests that while there are 40 other combinations that perform better, the margin is likely small, given the high absolute frame rates recorded. The data indicates that this pairing is particularly effective at high refresh rates, with the 1440p High result of 121.6 FPS being a standout figure for competitive play, while the 4K Ultra result of 48.5 FPS is the only configuration that falls below the 60 FPS threshold, implying that users targeting 4K may need to adjust settings to Medium (86.7 FPS) for a smoother experience.