I'm not an expert on this but I recently read that "vCPU" doesn't actually mean anything, and there's indications that they might not even be cores but hyperthr

I'm not an expert on this but I recently read that "vCPU" doesn't actually mean anything, and there's indications that they might not even be cores but hyperthreads. Which makes sense with the policies many providers have against actually utilizing all the CPU you paid for.