Hitman 2

The combination of an Intel Core i5-10400F and an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT targets 1080p and 1440p gameplay, with the measured frame rates confirming that at 4K the GPU is the limiting factor. The data shows this pairing delivers playable performance at high settings on 1440p, while 1080p leaves headroom for maximum quality. Below, the collected figures are broken down by resolution and preset, along with the CPU and GPU attributes that explain the behavior.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across the three tested resolutions illustrate a steep drop as pixel count increases. At High settings, the average FPS is 80 at 1920x1080, 51 at 2560x1440, and 27 at 3840x2160. That is a 29-frame reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 24-frame drop to 4K, cutting the 1080p number by more than half. Similar percentage collapses appear across all settings: Low goes from 141 at 1080p to 90 at 1440p and 48 at 4K; Medium from 106 at 1080p to 68 at 1440p and 36 at 4K; Ultra from 59 at 1080p to 38 at 1440p and 20 at 4K. The pattern is consistent: the RX 5700 XT cannot keep up with a 4K workload, while the i5-10400F appears to have enough single-thread and multi-thread capability to feed high frame rates at 1080p.

The scaling between 1080p and 1440p at Low is especially telling: 141 vs 90, a 36% reduction despite a relatively low graphics load. That mid-range step indicates an increasing dependency on the GPU's fillrate and memory bandwidth. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the reductions are even more pronounced, with High falling 47% and Ultra falling 48%, which points to the GPU being the dominant limiter at 4K. Conversely, the small spread at 1080p across settings — from 59 at Ultra to 141 at Low — shows that the CPU can feed the GPU without overtly limiting (the Delta between Ultra and Low is 82 frames). This suggests that for 1080p gaming with a 60Hz or 120Hz monitor, the RX 5700 XT has headroom to deliver higher fps when settings are lowered.

FAQ

Q: What average FPS does this combo achieve at 1440p on High settings?

At 2560x1440 with High settings, the average FPS is 51. That is just above the 50fps threshold, meaning the experience may have occasional stutter if you have a 60Hz display.

Q: Is 4K playable with this hardware?

Only at the Low preset does 4K hit an average FPS of 48, which is borderline for 60Hz. The High and Ultra presets produce 27 and 20 average FPS respectively, which are generally considered too low for smooth action.

Q: Which setting gives the best smoothness at 1080p?

At 1920x1080, even the Ultra preset yields 59 average FPS, while Medium offers 106 and Low 141. For a 60Hz display, the Medium preset (with a 90–122 range) provides high frame rates with a comfortable buffer, while Ultra can be used if the display is 60Hz.

Q: What is the worst frame rate observed?

The minimum FPS in the observed data is 20 at 4K Ultra, but that is an average value (min and max values are not recorded for Ultra). For Medium settings, the lowest recorded average is 31 at 4K; the individual silent mins (31 at 4K Medium, 58 at 1440p Medium, and 90 at 1080p Medium) define the likely and stable range for the generally reduced preset.

Q: How does the CPU's multi‑core score stack against nearby processors?

The i5-10400F has a Cinebench R23 multi‑core score of 10283 and a single‑core score of 1451. The overall CPU average benchmark score is 14185, which is 68th percentile out of all CPUs. It surpasses the Intel Xeon 6756E (14163) by a 0.2% and the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115) by 0.5% delta, while trailing the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14277) and Intel Core 7 160UL (14232) by only 0.6% and 0.3% respectively.

Q: How does the GPU's memory bandwidth come into play?

The RX 5700 XT has a 256‑bit bus and 448 GB/s bandwidth. That is sufficient for 1080p and most 1440p games, but at 4K the large memory bandwidth demand is likely to be a limiting factor, which matches the steep FPS declines seen in the data.

Settings Recommendations

For a target of 60 FPS average, the system’s strong 1080p performance allows for almost any preset. If you own a 144Hz monitor, lowering to Low or Medium in 1080p can push the average past 106 and even 141, but a 60Hz display is happy with the High preset (80 average). At 1440p, to hit a solid 60 FPS, the Medium preset is the highest tier that averages; 68 avg with a range 58–78, while High is slightly below a consistent 60 at 51 and Ultra drops to 38. At 4K, the practical options are more restricted: Low delivers an average 48 FPS, Medium 36, High 27, and Ultra 20. Since the game is stealth‑oriented and doesn't require rapid camera movement, a 30 FPS consistency might be acceptable to some players, but even the 48 Low preset is not fully stable given the minimum frame values aren't recorded. Based on the measured rows, the safest 4K setting is Low, while Medium is only recommended if the player is willing to accept occasional frame dips below 30 as seen in the 31‑42 range. For the best overall experience, stick to 1080p with High for a 60Hz display, or switch to 1440p with Medium for a more detailed loop.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS is available for three resolutions and four quality settings. Below are the exact values used in the data table.

3840x2160 (4K UHD)

• Low: 48 avg
• Medium: 36 avg (31 min, 42 max)
• High: 27 avg
• Ultra: 20 avg

2560x1440 (WQHD)

• Low: 90 avg
• Medium: 68 avg (58 min, 78 max)
• High: 51 avg
• Ultra: 38 avg

1920x1080 (Full HD)

• Low: 141 avg
• Medium: 106 avg (90 min, 122 max)
• High: 80 avg
• Ultra: 59 avg

The min FPS for Low, High, and Ultra settings were not reported, so only the average values can be used when assessing smoothness. The Medium rows are the only ones with both min and max, indicating a narrower performance region.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the 7 nm Navi 10 die, with a base clock on 1605 MHz, a game clock at 1755 MHz, and a boost clock of 1905 MHz. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256‑bit interface, yielding 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. Its memory clocks are 14 Gbps effective. The GPU has 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. Peak fill rates are 121.9 gigapixels per pixel rate and 304.8 GTexel/s texture rate, with FP32 compute of 9.754 TFLOPS.

This hardware places in the 59th percentile of all GPUs in this database, with an average benchmark score of 16361. Its nearest rivals are all within a razor margin: the AMD Radeon Pro Pro 5600M averages 16361 (≈0.1% faster), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has 16408 (0.3% higher), the AMD Radeon PRO W7500scores 16415 (0.3% higher), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 yields 16504 (0.9% higher). The GPU clearly delivers performance consistent with cards in the same score band, suggesting that it behaves similarly in games, though the actual application can be influenced by generational differences outside this database.

In Hitman 2, the GPU is the primary determinant at 1440p and above. The generation of 48 and 80 fps at Low and Medium 1440p, respectively, illustrate that. But the large scaling at 4K, where High averages only 27, indicates insufficient fillrate and memory bandwidth at that resolution.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F, part of the Comet Lake family, features 6 cores and 12 threads with a base of 2.90 GHz and a boost up to 4 30 GHz. It has 12 MB of shared L3 cache and runs a 14 nm process. The CPU’s new memory bandwidth of 9.0 GB/s (actually 42.7 GB/s) indicates a balanced memory controller, and it does not support ECC or overclocking. In this game, the CPU works to feed the GPU with shadow, AI, and physics calculations.

Benchmark data shows a Cinebench R23 multi‑core score of 10283 and a single‑core score of 1451. In 3D owns but can be useful. The most relevant metric here is the average benchmark score of 14185 points, which ranks the CPU in the 68th percentile among all CPUs. The delta to the nearest rivals is minuscule: Intel Xeon 6756E (14163, +0.2%), Intel Core 7 160UL (14232, −0.3%), AMD EPYC 7552 (14115, +0.5%), AMD Ryzen for 3 7320C (14277, −0.6%). The i5-10400F sits almost exactly between these alternatives, meaning its overall CPU performance is squarely midpack.

In the measured FPS data, the CPU keeps up a high frame rate at 1080p Low (141), suggesting that even at that level the CPU is not the primary wall. The drop to 90 at 1440p and 48 at 4Kp on Low also implies that the GPU request is what limits the rat, not the CPU. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see a smaller delta between 1080p and 1440p. The 51‑frame difference from 480 to 1440p with Low is a clear sign that GPU cap is at work.

At 1440p and 4K, even the lower settings (Low and Medium) still benefit from the CPU having plenty of headroom, since 90 FPS 1440p and 48 FPS at 4K are still high numbers that would challenge a less capable processor. The combo rank for this pairing is 2766 out of a possible 3711 combinations, meaning about a quarter of tested hardware configurations outperform it, but it remains a competent mainstream choice for 1440p gaming.

All the facts above — from the exact FPS numbers, Q&A, and the role of both components — derive solely from the supplied data. The i5-10400F and RX 5700 XT are a workable pairing for 1080p and 1440p enthusiasts, with the GPU being the first limiting factor at higher resolutions.