Hitman 2

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for Hitman 2 with the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER reveal a clear hierarchy across the four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 304.2 FPS average, Medium reaches 224.6 FPS, High produces 172.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 125.7 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium is a 79.6 FPS reduction, while the drop from Medium to High is 52.4 FPS, and from High to Ultra another 46.5 FPS. This pattern shows diminishing returns: each step up in quality costs roughly 50-80 FPS at 1080p, with the largest single hit occurring between Low and Medium.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with compressed margins. Low averages 192.5 FPS, Medium 147.7 FPS, High 110.5 FPS, and Ultra 77.8 FPS. The delta between Low and Medium is 44.8 FPS, between Medium and High is 37.2 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 32.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, the gaps narrow further: Low runs at 103.6 FPS, Medium at 75.5 FPS, High at 61.3 FPS, and Ultra at 41.9 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 61.7 FPS, which is less than the Low-to-Medium gap at 1080p.

The data suggests that the High preset offers the best balance for most users. At 1080p High, the combo maintains 172.2 FPS, which is well above typical 144 Hz display refresh rates. At 1440p High, the 110.5 FPS average still clears 100 FPS, providing smooth gameplay on high-refresh monitors. At 4K High, the 61.3 FPS average hovers near the 60 FPS threshold, making it playable but not ideal for competitive play. The Ultra preset at 4K falls to 41.9 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS standard and likely to feel sluggish in a stealth-action title where quick reactions matter. For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, the Medium preset at 1440p (147.7 FPS) or 4K (75.5 FPS) offers a compelling middle ground, nearly doubling the Ultra 4K frame rate while still providing moderate visual enhancements.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. Its AD103 chip contains 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.1M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz, with memory clocked at 1438 MHz effective 23 Gbps. It features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory subsystem is critical for Hitman 2's large, detailed environments; the 16 GB capacity ensures that texture streaming at 4K Ultra does not become a bottleneck, as evidenced by the playable 41.9 FPS at 4K Ultra, which is likely limited by compute rather than memory capacity.

The GPU's raw throughput is substantial: 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 816.0 GTexel/s texture rate, and 285.6 GPixel/s pixel rate. The 10240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs provide the parallel processing muscle needed for Hitman 2's crowd simulations and lighting effects. The 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores are present but this game, released in 2018, predates the widespread adoption of ray tracing, so these units likely have minimal impact on the measured results. The GPU's percentile ranking of 88 among all GPUs places it in the upper tier, though its nearest rivals — the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (0.2% delta), AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (0.4%), AMD Radeon RX 7700S (2.1%), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (2.9%) — are all within 3% of its average benchmark score. This indicates that the RTX 4080 SUPER is not the absolute fastest GPU available, but it is competitive with the best of the previous generation.

The scaling across resolution in Hitman 2 confirms the GPU is the primary driver of performance. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 304.2 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's practical limit for this game. At 4K Ultra, the same settings drop to 41.9 FPS — a 262.3 FPS reduction that directly correlates with the 4x increase in pixel count. The GPU's 736.3 GB/s bandwidth and 16 GB memory are sufficient to feed the rendering pipeline at 4K, but the sheer compute load of Ultra settings at that resolution overwhelms the 52.22 TFLOPS capability. The triple-slot cooler and 320 W TDP suggest the card is designed for sustained high loads, which aligns with the 4K High result of 61.3 FPS being close to the 60 FPS target.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 120th out of 1795 tested combos in Hitman 2. This places it in the top 6.7% of all combinations in the database, indicating that this pairing is well above average for this game. The rank of 120 out of 1795 means there are 119 combos that achieve higher performance in Hitman 2, but the overwhelming majority (1675 combos) trail this setup. For a stealth game that relies on consistent frame pacing for smooth camera movement and precise aiming, this ranking suggests the combo is more than adequate for the vast majority of gameplay scenarios.

The rank is notable because neither the CPU nor the GPU individually ranks in the top 10% of their respective categories — the CPU has a percentile of 94, and the GPU has a percentile of 88. Yet the combination performs better than the 88th percentile GPU ranking might suggest, indicating that Hitman 2 benefits from the CPU's strong single-threaded performance and the GPU's high memory bandwidth. The combo rank of 120 implies that a few dozen combinations with higher-spec GPUs (e.g., the RTX 5070 Ti, which is only 2.9% behind in average GPU score) or CPUs (e.g., the Ryzen 9 9900X, which is 0.6% ahead) achieve better in-game results, but the differences are likely small. The data shows that combos ranked around 120th are in a dense cluster where minor hardware variations of 1-3% in component scores translate to a handful of ranking positions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) across four settings presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra), providing 12 distinct data points. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 304.2 FPS on Low, 224.6 FPS on Medium, 172.2 FPS on High, and 125.7 FPS on Ultra. The 1080p Low result of 304.2 FPS is the highest measured value in the entire dataset, suggesting that at this resolution and settings, the bottleneck shifts from the GPU to the CPU's ability to feed frames. The transition from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 79.6 FPS, which is the largest single-settings drop in the dataset.

At 2560x1440, the results are 192.5 FPS on Low, 147.7 FPS on Medium, 110.5 FPS on High, and 77.8 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p High result of 110.5 FPS demonstrates that this combination can comfortably drive high-refresh-rate 1440p monitors with quality settings enabled. At 3840x2160, the results are 103.6 FPS on Low, 75.5 FPS on Medium, 61.3 FPS on High, and 41.9 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result of 41.9 FPS is the only measured value below 60 FPS, and it represents the worst-case scenario for this combo. The 4K High result of 61.3 FPS barely clears the 60 FPS threshold, making it the recommended setting for 4K displays.

Cross-resolution analysis shows that at Low settings, the combo scales from 304.2 FPS at 1080p to 192.5 FPS at 1440p (a 111.7 FPS drop) to 103.6 FPS at 4K (another 88.9 FPS drop). At Ultra settings, the scaling is 125.7 FPS at 1080p, 77.8 FPS at 1440p (47.9 FPS drop), and 41.9 FPS at 4K (35.9 FPS drop). The diminishing absolute drops at higher resolutions indicate that the GPU is becoming more compute-bound as resolution increases, which is typical for a 2018-era game running on a modern high-end GPU.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 60 FPS at 4K resolution?

A: The High preset at 3840x2160 delivers 61.3 FPS average, which is the only 4K setting above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset runs at 75.5 FPS, and the Ultra preset drops to 41.9 FPS.

Q: Can this combo achieve 144 FPS at 1440p?

A: Yes, the Low preset at 2560x1440 produces 192.5 FPS, and the Medium preset reaches 147.7 FPS. The High preset falls to 110.5 FPS, so 144 FPS requires Medium or lower settings.

Q: What is the highest FPS recorded for this combo in Hitman 2?

A: The highest measured FPS is 304.2 at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. No other resolution or settings combination exceeds this value in the dataset.

Q: How does the combo rank compare to other tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 120th out of 1795 tested combos, placing it in the top 6.7% of all combinations. This is a strong result given that the GPU ranks in the 88th percentile and the CPU in the 94th percentile individually.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 SUPER the bottleneck at 1080p Low settings?

A: The 304.2 FPS result at 1080p Low is likely CPU-limited, as the GPU's compute capabilities (52.22 TFLOPS) far exceed what is needed for that resolution and settings. The CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads are more relevant at this point.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Medium and High at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 runs at 147.7 FPS, while the High preset runs at 110.5 FPS, a difference of 37.2 FPS. This is a moderate visual upgrade at a meaningful frame rate cost.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor from the Raptor Lake-R architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU features 33 MB of shared L3 cache, 2 MB L2 per core, and 80 KB L1 per core. Its benchmark performance is strong: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 35443, single-core 5003; Geekbench multi-core 16571, single-core 2711; Passmark multi-thread 41765, single-thread 4261. The CPU ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (0.6% lower score), AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (1.1% lower), Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (1.2% higher), and AMD EPYC 7313P (1.7% higher).

In Hitman 2, the CPU's role is evident from the frame rate scaling at 1080p. The 304.2 FPS at 1080p Low is far above the GPU's likely limit at that resolution, suggesting the CPU's single-thread performance (boost clock 5.40 GHz) is sufficient to keep up with the GPU's frame output. The 28 threads from 20 cores (likely 8 performance cores and 12 efficiency cores) provide ample parallelism for the game's AI and physics systems, which is consistent with the 94th percentile ranking. The 33 MB L3 cache helps with the game's large level data, reducing memory latency and improving frame consistency.

The CPU's benchmark deltas to its nearest rivals are small — within 1.7% of the EPYC 7313P and 1.1% of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D — but the combo rank of 120 out of 1795 suggests that in actual Hitman 2 gameplay, the CPU is not a limiting factor. The 65 W TDP and 10 nm process indicate efficient operation, and the dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 memory support (with ECC enabled) provides flexible memory configurations. The CPU's release date of January 2024 and launch MSRP of $359 position it as a modern mid-to-high-end desktop processor, and the data shows it pairs well with the RTX 4080 SUPER to deliver top-tier results in this 2018 title.