HITMAN’s developer IO Interactive split the game into several distinct episodes – each set in a different location – released on a monthly basis. We picked the Marrakesh and Bangkok missions to benchmark the RX 580 and GTX 1060 in 1440p and maxed out settings.
There’s not much difference on the Pascal-based GPU between DX11 and DX12 – the NPC heavy Moroccan market performs better on the explicit API, the outside section of the Himmapan Luxury Hotel Resort favors DirectX 11. RX 580 sees a major performance uplift in the Marakesh scene, DX12 is 12% faster than DX11 on that specific level. These results highlight that one can arrive at a very different conclusion benchmarking only a tiny portion of the game, furthermore, single chart results really don’t tell the whole story.
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