vCore?

[NeuraCode]

Can someone explain this in layman's terms? Google isn't quite explaining it such that I understand.

 

I see Azure offer ''80 vcores''. I always thought vcores = ghz. But that must be wrong considering them offering over 80. 

 

Let's say my 3600x is overclocked to 4.5ghz, how would I know it's vCore?

[minibois]

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What is a vCore?
A virtual core (vCore) represents the logical CPU available for your server, offered with a choice between generations of hardware.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/knowledge-center/what-is-a-vcore/

 

I'm pretty sure it's just "thread", as Windows' Task manager also calls thread "logical processors":

 

Looking here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/service-tiers-vcore?tabs=azure-portal

We can also see mentioning of hyperthreading, next to vCore, furthering that suspicion:

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up to 40 vCores (1 vCore = 1 hyper-thread)

 

[Lurick]

Azure is offering 80 virtual cores and calling it vcores.

vCore in your BIOS is voltage for the CPU.

[Nayr438]

vCore is a virtualized CPU Core/Thread. It's not dedicated and may not even actually exist on the host. What it means to you as a end user, is that you are being allocated enough virtual space to handle 80 threads at a single given time. In terms of how fast these vCores are, there is really no way to tell and it would vary based on other unknown virtualized instances on the host and how heavy they are hitting the host at any given time.