# What is an #AWS virtual CPU?

**URL:** <https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-an-aws-virtual-cpu/55>\
**Category:** AWS\
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-an-aws-virtual-cpu/55 "2020-08-20T01:28:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-an-aws-virtual-cpu/55/1 "2020-08-20T01:28:34Z")

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I’m used to cores and threads and hyperthreading… but AWS seems to talk about vCPUs a lot. These are apparently “virtual CPUs” but how does this compare to cores and threads?