Hitman 2

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core i5-12400F compare to its closest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The i5-12400F posts an average benchmark score of 19,039, which is essentially identical to the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS at 19,047 — a 0% delta. It also sits within 0.3% of the Intel Core i5-1335U (18,982) and the AMD EPYC 7773X (18,979), while trailing the Intel Core 3 201E (19,056) by just 0.1%.

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gaming on this RTX 3070?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 66 FPS average, while High drops to 38 FPS and Ultra falls to 28 FPS. Medium offers a compromise at 50 FPS average with a minimum of 42 FPS, making it the only 4K preset that stays above 40 FPS while retaining moderate visual quality.

Q: How does the RTX 3070's memory bandwidth compare to its pixel throughput?

A: The GPU features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its pixel rate is 165.6 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 317.4 GTexel/s, which are consistent with a card designed for high-refresh 1440p rather than maxed-out 4K.

Q: Is the i5-12400F a bottleneck at 1080p in Hitman 2?

A: Benchmark results suggest the CPU keeps pace at 1080p. The processor scores 12,380 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1,680 in single-core, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 909. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 194 FPS average, indicating the CPU can feed the GPU well beyond typical 60 Hz displays.

Q: What is the FPS cost of moving from 1440p Medium to 1440p Ultra?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium averages 93 FPS (min 79, max 107), while Ultra drops to 52 FPS average. That is a 41 FPS penalty — roughly a 44% reduction — for the highest quality tier.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested hardware pairs for this game?

A: The i5-12400F + RTX 3070 combination ranks 1,601 out of 3,711 tested combos in Hitman 2, placing it in the upper half of the database. The data is measured, not estimated.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows show a clear pattern: High settings hit the sweet spot for this hardware in Hitman 2. At 1080p, High averages 110 FPS, which comfortably exceeds 60 FPS and approaches high-refresh territory. At 1440p, High still manages 70 FPS average, keeping gameplay smooth on standard 60 Hz monitors and most 144 Hz panels. Ultra, by contrast, costs significant performance — 81 FPS at 1080p and 52 FPS at 1440p — while Medium offers only minor gains over High.

For 4K, High becomes marginal at 38 FPS average, making Medium the best choice at 50 FPS average with a 42 FPS minimum. Low at 4K reaches 66 FPS average, but the visual degradation likely outweighs the benefit. The data suggests High is the optimal preset for 1080p and 1440p, while Medium is the pragmatic pick for 4K. Low remains a fallback for competitive play or when chasing maximum frame rates.

The Medium preset's measured minimums provide useful guidance. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 124 FPS, and at 1440p it is 79 FPS — both well above playable thresholds. At 4K Medium, the 42 FPS minimum is borderline but acceptable for a stealth title where reaction times matter less than in fast-paced shooters. The lack of minimum FPS data for High and Ultra presets means those rows carry more uncertainty, but the averages tell a consistent story.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound workload at higher resolutions, with the CPU holding up well at lower settings. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 110 at 1920x1080 to 70 at 2560x1440 (a 36% reduction) and then to 38 at 3840x2160 (a further 46% reduction). This steep decline at 4K indicates the RTX 3070's 8 GB frame buffer and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth become limiting factors.

Low settings show a similar pattern: 194 FPS at 1080p falls to 124 FPS at 1440p and 66 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop of 70 FPS suggests the GPU is nearing its fill-rate limits even on Low, while the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads at 2.50 GHz base / 4.40 GHz boost are not the primary constraint. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect smaller absolute FPS differences across resolutions.

The Medium preset provides the most complete data, with minimum and maximum values. At 1080p, Medium ranges from 124 to 168 FPS (average 146). At 1440p, it spans 79 to 107 FPS (average 93). At 4K, it drops to 42–57 FPS (average 50). The scaling factor from 1080p to 4K at Medium is roughly 2.9x fewer frames, which aligns with the pixel count difference of 4x — the GPU is the dominant limiter. The i5-12400F's 18 MB L3 cache and 3DMark multi-thread score of 5,912 suggest it can handle the CPU-side work even at 1080p Low where frame rates peak.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers strong results across all presets. Low averages 194 FPS, Medium averages 146 FPS with a minimum of 124 and maximum of 168, High averages 110 FPS, and Ultra averages 81 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 113 FPS, showing the RTX 3070 has ample headroom at 1080p for high-refresh monitors, provided the user accepts lower settings.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 124 FPS, Medium averages 93 FPS (min 79, max 107), High averages 70 FPS, and Ultra averages 52 FPS. This resolution is where the GPU starts to feel the load, but even Ultra stays above 50 FPS, which is playable for a stealth game. The Medium preset's minimum of 79 FPS means no noticeable stutter during dense scenes.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes. Low averages 66 FPS, Medium averages 50 FPS (min 42, max 57), High averages 38 FPS, and Ultra averages 28 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is below 30 FPS, which most players would find too sluggish. The High preset at 38 FPS is borderline, while Medium at 50 FPS is the recommended target. The 4K Low result of 66 FPS shows the GPU can handle 4K when visual settings are stripped down, but the 8 GB VRAM capacity may cause texture streaming issues on higher presets.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is built on the GA104 chip using Samsung's 8 nm process, with 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die. Its 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 96 ROPs drive a pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s. The GPU runs at a base clock of 1500 MHz and boosts to 1725 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The 8 GB GDDR6 frame buffer on a 256-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, which is adequate for 1080p and 1440p but becomes a constraint at 4K Ultra.

The measured FPS data confirms this. At 1080p, the GPU provides frame rates from 81 FPS (Ultra) to 194 FPS (Low), showing it is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions. At 1440p, the range tightens to 52–124 FPS, and at 4K it narrows to 28–66 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 28 FPS is particularly telling — the card's FP32 compute of 20.31 TFLOPS is high, but the memory bandwidth and 8 GB capacity are insufficient for maxed-out 4K in this title.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,162 and PassMark G3D score of 22,214 place it in the 61st percentile among all GPUs. Its closest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, scores 17,083 on average benchmark score — just 0.7% lower. The GTX 690 (17,037) and HD 7970M (17,019) are 1% and 1.1% behind, respectively. This mid-tier positioning explains why the card handles 1080p and 1440p well but struggles at 4K.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread Alder Lake-S processor on Intel's 10 nm process, with a die size of 163 mm². It runs at a 2.50 GHz base clock and boosts to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 18 MB shared L3. This configuration yields a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 12,380 and single-core score of 1,680, plus a 3DMark max-thread score of 5,912.

In Hitman 2, the CPU's role becomes apparent when examining the FPS scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 194 FPS average, which is a high enough frame rate that the CPU's single-thread performance (3DMark single-thread score of 909, PassMark single-thread of 3,481) is clearly sufficient. The multi-core workload of the game is handled by the 6 cores and 12 threads, as evidenced by the 3DMark 16-thread score of 5,895 being nearly identical to the max-thread score of 5,912 — indicating the CPU is fully utilized without hyperthreading overhead.

The processor's percentile rank of 73 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19,039, places it just behind the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (19,047, 0% delta) and Intel Core 3 201E (19,056, -0.1% delta), while slightly ahead of the Intel Core i5-1335U (18,982, 0.3% delta) and AMD EPYC 7773X (18,979, 0.3% delta). This puts the i5-12400F in a competitive mid-range position, which matches its in-game performance: it never appears to bottleneck the RTX 3070 in the measured data.

The CPU's memory support for DDR4 and DDR5, along with PCIe Gen 5 (20 CPU lanes), provides a solid platform foundation. The lack of integrated graphics (the "F" suffix) means the RTX 3070 handles all rendering, but this is irrelevant for gaming performance. The 65 W TDP and Intel Socket 1700 compatibility make it a mainstream choice, and the benchmark data confirms it holds up well in this stealth title.