Hitman 2

Intel Core i5-12400F paired with Intel Arc B570 in Hitman 2 delivers a spread of results that clearly map the boundaries of both components. The total combination ranks 2399th out of 3001 tested setups, placing it in the lower third of all configs, but the measured frame rates reveal a more nuanced story: at 1080p the pairing is capable of excellent performance, while at 4K it falls below playable thresholds. The data indicates a system where the CPU provides sufficient headroom for the GPU to stretch at lower resolutions, but the graphics card becomes the definitive bottleneck as pixel count rises.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a steep and consistent decline as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, which is the classic signature of a GPU-limited scenario at higher pixel densities. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 70 FPS at 1080p to 45 FPS at 1440p, a 35.7% reduction, and then further to 24 FPS at 4K, representing a 65.7% drop from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern is nearly linear with pixel count, indicating that the Intel Arc B570 is the component doing the heavy lifting and that its compute resources are being saturated as resolution increases.

The Low settings row provides an even clearer view of the scaling behavior. At 1080p Low, the system produces 123 FPS average, which falls to 79 FPS at 1440p (a 35.8% decline) and then to 42 FPS at 4K (a 65.9% decline from 1080p). The similarity in percentage drops between High and Low settings suggests that the resolution scaling is largely independent of the graphical workload per frame, which further confirms that the GPU's raw throughput—rather than CPU limitations or memory bandwidth constraints—is the primary factor governing performance at each resolution.

The Medium settings row includes minimum and maximum frame times, offering additional insight into frame pacing across resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the average is 93 FPS with a measured range of 79 to 106 FPS, showing a 27 FPS spread that indicates some variability but generally smooth delivery. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 59 FPS with a range of 50 to 68 FPS, maintaining a similar 18 FPS spread. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 32 FPS with a range of 27 to 36 FPS, and the spread narrows to 9 FPS—this tightening of variance at lower frame rates suggests the GPU is consistently saturated and cannot burst above its sustained throughput.

The most telling data point for identifying the limiting component comes from the Ultra settings. At 1080p Ultra, the system averages 52 FPS, which is 74% of the High setting's 70 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, the average is 33 FPS, which is 73% of High's 45 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the average is 18 FPS, which is 75% of High's 24 FPS. This nearly constant ratio between settings across all resolutions indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck at every resolution—if the CPU were limiting at lower resolutions, the Ultra-to-High ratio would shrink as resolution increased, but the data shows no such effect.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F provides six physical cores with twelve threads, running at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This is a 10 nm Alder Lake-S part with 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core. The benchmark scores for this CPU place it at the 73rd percentile against all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 19039. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS with an identical score of 19047 (0% delta), the Intel Core 3 201E at 19056 (-0.1%), the Intel Core i5-1335U at 18982 (0.3%), and the AMD EPYC 7773X at 18979 (0.3%).

In the context of Hitman 2, the CPU's single-thread performance is represented by a 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1680. Multi-threaded capability is shown by a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 12380 and a Geekbench multicore score of 9472. The 3DMark thread scaling tests show 1699 for 2 threads, 3067 for 4 threads, 4779 for 8 threads, and 5912 for max threads, indicating that the processor scales reasonably well up to its full thread count.

The measured FPS data suggests that the CPU is not the primary constraint in this game for most configurations. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 123 FPS average, which is a high enough frame rate that CPU overhead could become relevant, but the fact that the same CPU can deliver 70 FPS at 1080p High and 52 FPS at 1080p Ultra—with the GPU clearly being the differentiator between those settings—implies that the i5-12400F has sufficient headroom to feed the Arc B570 at these frame rates. The 4K results, which all fall below 42 FPS even at Low settings, are far too low for CPU limitations to be a factor; the GPU is simply overwhelmed by pixel count.

The CPU's 65 W TDP and dual-channel memory support position it as a mainstream desktop part, and its performance percentile of 73 indicates it sits above the median of all CPUs tested. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5895 versus the max-thread score of 5912 shows that the processor is fully utilized with its 12 threads, and the data suggests that Hitman 2 does not require more than this level of multi-threading to achieve the frame rates observed in this combination.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B570 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture with a 5 nm process and contains 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It features 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units, with 18 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a fixed 2500 MHz base and boost clock, paired with 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit bus, delivering 380.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it at the 65th percentile against all tested GPUs, with an average score of 20556. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile at 20534 (0.1% delta), the Intel Arc A750 at 20582 (-0.1%), the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M at 20480 (0.4%), and the AMD Radeon R9 M390X at 20662 (-0.5%). The PassMark G3D score of 14195 and the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2649 provide additional context for its raw compute capability.

The measured FPS data shows that the Arc B570's performance in Hitman 2 is heavily dependent on resolution and settings, with the GPU clearly being the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the GPU can deliver 123 FPS at Low settings, demonstrating significant headroom, but this drops to 52 FPS at Ultra settings, showing that the card's compute units and memory bandwidth are taxed by the game's more demanding visual features. The 10 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for all tested configurations, as none of the measurement rows indicate memory-related stutters or crashes.

The GPU's 150 W TDP and PCIe 4.0 x8 interface are consistent with its mainstream positioning, and its 11.52 TFLOPS FP32 performance suggests it should handle games from this era competently at lower resolutions. However, the data shows that at 4K, the card cannot maintain playable frame rates even at Low settings—the 42 FPS average at 4K Low is the highest 4K result, and it falls to 18 FPS at 4K Ultra. This pattern indicates that the Arc B570's raw pixel throughput, not its memory bandwidth or cache, is the dominant constraint in Hitman 2 at high resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Arc B570 ranks 2399th out of 3001 tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the 20th percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects the GPU's 65th percentile standing among all GPUs and the CPU's 73rd percentile among all CPUs, but the combined performance in this game is lower than either component's individual percentile would suggest.

The gap between the component-level percentiles and the combo-level rank indicates that Hitman 2 is particularly demanding on the GPU, and the Arc B570's relatively modest compute resources (11.52 TFLOPS FP32) are insufficient to boost the combination above the lower third of tested systems. The nearest GPU rival, the Intel Arc A750, shows a nearly identical average benchmark score (20582 vs 20556, a -0.1% delta), which suggests that the B570's performance in this game is representative of its general compute class rather than an outlier.

The CPU's nearest rivals all fall within 0.3% of its average benchmark score, indicating that the i5-12400F is a well-positioned mid-range processor. However, the combo ranking shows that even with this capable CPU, the GPU becomes the constraining factor in Hitman 2, particularly at 1440p and above where the measured frame rates drop below the 60 FPS threshold that many users consider the baseline for smooth gameplay.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal settings for this combination depend on the target resolution and the user's preference for frame rate versus visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset provides the best balance, delivering 93 FPS average with a minimum of 79 FPS and a maximum of 106 FPS. This configuration offers a comfortable margin above 60 FPS and maintains a consistent frame pacing, as indicated by the 27 FPS spread between minimum and maximum.

The High preset at 1080p delivers 70 FPS average, which is still playable but leaves less headroom for demanding scenes. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to 52 FPS average, which may be acceptable for players prioritizing visual quality over frame rate, but the Medium preset's 93 FPS provides a superior experience in terms of smoothness. The Low preset at 1080p achieves 123 FPS, which is excessive for most monitors and sacrifices too much visual quality for the marginal benefit of higher frame rates.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset again emerges as the recommended option, with 59 FPS average and a minimum of 50 FPS. This is just below the 60 FPS threshold but remains playable, and the 18 FPS spread between minimum and maximum indicates stable performance. The High preset at 1440p drops to 45 FPS, which is noticeably less smooth, and the Low preset at 79 FPS is the only 1440p option that maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. However, the visual degradation from Low settings at 1440p may be more noticeable than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, all settings produce sub-optimal results. The Low preset at 42 FPS is the only option that approaches playability, while Medium drops to 32 FPS, High to 24 FPS, and Ultra to 18 FPS. For users who must run at 4K, the Low preset is the only viable choice, but the data indicates this combination is not well-suited for 4K gaming in Hitman 2.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates are as follows: Low settings produce 123 FPS, Medium produces 93 FPS with a range of 79 to 106 FPS, High produces 70 FPS, and Ultra produces 52 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a steady decline of approximately 30 FPS per settings tier, with the largest single drop occurring between Low and Medium (30 FPS) and the smallest between High and Ultra (18 FPS).

At 2560x1440, the average frame rates are: Low settings produce 79 FPS, Medium produces 59 FPS with a range of 50 to 68 FPS, High produces 45 FPS, and Ultra produces 33 FPS. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across settings, with Low falling 35.8%, Medium falling 36.6%, High falling 35.7%, and Ultra falling 36.5%, confirming the GPU-bound nature of the workload.

At 3840x2160, the average frame rates are: Low settings produce 42 FPS, Medium produces 32 FPS with a range of 27 to 36 FPS, High produces 24 FPS, and Ultra produces 18 FPS. The drop from 1440p to 4K is more severe, with Low falling 46.8%, Medium falling 45.8%, High falling 46.7%, and Ultra falling 45.5%. The consistency of these percentages across all settings tiers reinforces that resolution scaling is purely a GPU throughput issue.

The Medium settings rows provide the only minimum and maximum frame data, and they show that the frame variance narrows as resolution increases: the 1080p spread is 27 FPS, the 1440p spread is 18 FPS, and the 4K spread is 9 FPS. This indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU is consistently saturated and cannot deliver momentary bursts of higher performance, resulting in a more stable but lower overall frame rate.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU and GPU combination in Hitman 2?

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 is the only resolution where this combination consistently exceeds 60 FPS across multiple settings. At Medium settings, the average is 93 FPS, and even at High settings it maintains 70 FPS, making 1080p the recommended resolution for playable performance.

Q: Can this system run Hitman 2 at 4K?

A: The measured results show that 4K performance is below playable thresholds for most settings. The highest 4K average is 42 FPS at Low settings, which drops to 32 FPS at Medium, 24 FPS at High, and 18 FPS at Ultra. None of these configurations provide a consistently smooth experience.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B570 compare to its nearest GPU rival in terms of overall performance?

A: The Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20556, while its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, scores 20534, a delta of 0.1%. The Intel Arc A750 scores 20582, which is -0.1% relative to the B570, indicating these GPUs are closely matched in raw compute.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12400F a bottleneck for the Arc B570 in this game?

A: The data does not indicate CPU bottlenecking. The frame rate drops consistently with resolution increases, and the CPU's performance percentile of 73 with a max-thread 3DMark score of 5912 suggests it has sufficient headroom. The GPU's 65th percentile and the observed scaling pattern point to the GPU as the limiting component.

Q: What settings preset provides the smoothest experience at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 delivers an average of 59 FPS with a minimum of 50 FPS, which is the highest average among the settings that maintain reasonable visual quality. The Low preset achieves 79 FPS but sacrifices visual fidelity.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all other tested combinations in Hitman 2?

A: This combination ranks 2399th out of 3001 tested combos, placing it in the lower 20% of all configurations. This rank is lower than the individual component percentiles suggest, indicating that the game's GPU demands are significant and the Arc B570's compute resources are the primary constraint.