Systems Sorted By Performance	Thunder & Lightning
CineBench R20 Scores   Thunder III @ 4.3 GHz x 64 cores = 24763 Thunder II @ 4.5 GHz x 32 cores = 17449 Lightning III @ 4.0 GHz x 24 cores = 13479 Thunder I @ 4.7 GHz x 16 cores = 9148 Lightning II @ 4.8 GHz x 18 cores = 8848 Lightning I @ 5.3 GHz x 10 cores = 6447	CineBench R20 Scores   Thunder III @ 4.3 GHz x 64 cores = 24763 Thunder II @ 4.5 GHz x 32 cores = 17449 Thunder I @ 4.7 GHz x 16 cores = 9148 Lightning III @ 4.0 GHz x 24 cores = 13479 Lightning II @ 4.8 GHz x 18 cores = 8848 Lightning I @ 5.3 GHz x 10 cores = 6447

The Cinebench benchmark will greatly favor systems with higher core counts. You can see that the Thunder models score signficantly higher than the Lightning models in this respect. However, in terms of SINGLE CORE SPEED, the Lightning models are each faster than their corresponding Thunder models. We do not have data metrics online that demonstrate this. If you will not be running more than 10 CPU-intensive programs at the same time, a Lightning model will best suit your needs. For those with custom software designed to take advantage of as many CPU cores as possible, the Thunder product line is definitely for you.