Hitman 2

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for this combo at 1080p Ultra settings?

A: The Intel Core i3-12100F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers an average of 106.1 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings in Hitman 2.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-7700K?

A: The Core i3-12100F has an average benchmark score of 13516, which is 1.8% higher than the Core i7-7700K's score of 13280, indicating a slight performance lead in general processing tasks.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all graphics cards?

A: The RTX 5070 falls into the 83rd percentile when compared against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41687, placing it in the upper tier of graphics hardware.

Q: What is the performance delta between the RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090?

A: The RTX 5070's average score of 41687 is 0.6% higher than the RTX 3090's score of 41441, showing near-identical overall GPU benchmark performance between these two cards.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested system combinations for Hitman 2?

A: This specific pairing ranks 392nd out of 1795 total tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the top 22% of all system configurations evaluated for this game.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops from 165.5 on Low settings to 68.7 on Ultra settings, a reduction of 96.8 FPS or roughly 58% of the Low-setting performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the dominant component in this pairing for Hitman 2, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. The GPU houses 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation pipelines, providing substantial raw geometry and pixel processing capabilities. Clock speeds are set at a base of 2325 MHz with a boost up to 2512 MHz, which directly influences how quickly the card can process the game's rendering commands.

Memory configuration plays a critical role in Hitman 2's performance at higher resolutions. The card features 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory bandwidth is essential for feeding the GPU's 48 ray tracing cores and 192 tensor cores, particularly when handling the game's complex lighting and shadow calculations. The pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s indicate the card's capacity to fill frames with detailed textures and effects.

The RTX 5070's benchmark results show it performing at 29137 in Passmark G3D and 15787 in GPU compute tests, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5077. In Vulkan workloads, the Geekbench score reaches 179413, while OpenCL scores hit 185269. These figures place the GPU in the 83rd percentile of all graphics cards, with an average score of 41687. When compared to its nearest rivals, the RTX 5070 edges out the RTX 3090 by 0.6% and the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 by 0.2%, while trailing the Tesla M40 by 0.5% and the Radeon Pro 580X by 0.7%.

The GPU's role becomes increasingly important as resolution and settings scale up. At 4K Ultra, the card manages only 34.9 FPS, suggesting that Hitman 2's highest settings at 3840x2160 push the RTX 5070 near its limits. The performance scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution shows the GPU handling increasingly demanding shader and post-processing workloads, with the gap between settings widening as pixel count increases.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i3-12100F provides the processing foundation for this combo, featuring 4 cores and 8 threads based on the Alder Lake-S architecture. The CPU operates at a base clock of 3.30 GHz with a boost clock of 4.30 GHz, allowing it to handle single-threaded game logic efficiently while the 12 MB of shared L3 cache supports moderate multi-threaded workloads. The processor is built on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 163 mm².

Benchmark results show the i3-12100F achieving a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11912 and a single-core score of 1681, along with a Geekbench multicore score of 7413 and single-core score of 2224. In 3DMark tests, the CPU scores 4051 with 16 threads and 4023 with maximum threads, indicating that the 4-core/8-thread configuration saturates quickly beyond 8 threads. Passmark multithread performance reaches 14015, with single-thread performance at 3444.

The CPU's 72nd percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 13516, places it just ahead of the Intel Core i7-1250U by 0.4% and the Intel Core i3-10105 by 0.6%, while trailing the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX by 0.1%. This positioning shows the i3-12100F holding its own against significantly more expensive processors in general compute tasks.

For Hitman 2, the CPU's 4 cores and 8 threads are sufficient to feed the RTX 5070 at lower resolutions and settings, where the GPU is not the bottleneck. The high boost clock of 4.30 GHz helps maintain frame pacing in crowd-heavy scenes and during AI calculations. However, at Ultra settings, the GPU workload increases substantially, and the CPU's role diminishes as the system becomes more GPU-bound, evidenced by the larger FPS drops from settings changes compared to resolution changes.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 253.2 FPS, which drops to 189.7 FPS at Medium, 143.3 FPS at High, and 106.1 FPS at Ultra. The transition from Low to Ultra represents a 147.1 FPS reduction, showing that Hitman 2's Ultra preset imposes a significant rendering load even at 1080p.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales downward as expected. Low settings average 165.5 FPS, Medium settings reach 125.5 FPS, High settings hit 91.8 FPS, and Ultra settings settle at 68.7 FPS. The resolution increase from 1080p to 1440p costs approximately 35% of the performance at each corresponding setting, with the gap narrowing slightly at Ultra due to the increased GPU-bound nature of the workload.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more modest. Low settings average 87.9 FPS, Medium settings drop to 65.6 FPS, High settings reach 53 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 34.9 FPS. The 4K Ultra result falls below the 60 FPS threshold commonly targeted for smooth gameplay, while 4K Low remains comfortably playable. The scaling from 1440p to 4K results in roughly 47-49% performance reduction across settings, reflecting the fourfold increase in pixel count.

The settings scaling at each resolution shows diminishing returns in FPS cost as resolution increases. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra costs 147.1 FPS; at 1440p, the same settings transition costs 96.8 FPS; at 4K, it costs 53 FPS. This pattern indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor, making the absolute FPS difference between settings smaller.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i3-12100F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination ranks 392nd out of 1795 tested system configurations for Hitman 2, placing it in the top 21.8% of all combos evaluated. This ranking reflects a balanced pairing where the GPU's substantial compute capabilities are complemented by a CPU that avoids becoming a severe bottleneck in most scenarios.

The CPU's 72nd percentile standing among all processors, combined with the GPU's 83rd percentile ranking, suggests a system that is slightly GPU-leaning in its performance profile. The i3-12100F's 4-core/8-thread configuration is adequate for Hitman 2's stealth gameplay mechanics, which typically do not demand extreme multi-threading, but the CPU's performance ceiling may limit the GPU in CPU-sensitive scenes.

The measured FPS data indicates that the combo excels at 1080p and 1440p resolutions, where it consistently delivers playable frame rates even at Ultra settings. The 4K Ultra result of 34.9 FPS is the clear weak point, falling below smooth gameplay standards. The combo's rank of 392 suggests that while the RTX 5070 provides strong graphics performance, the i3-12100F holds the system back from reaching the top tiers of the benchmark database, where higher-core-count CPUs likely pair with this GPU to achieve better frame consistency in demanding titles.