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How many virtual processors or cores should I assign to my Guest OS?

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Mar 15, 202677115 views
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I've just received an upgraded Host machine, and am looking to push some of those advances to my workstations Guest OS(s). In particular, I used to have a single processor, with 2 cores, so my Guest OS only had 1/1. Now, I've got a single processor with 8 cores, so I'm curious about what would be r…

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In my own testing, with VMWare Workstation, using latest GeekBench 3, 64-bit tests, on a host machine with 1 cpu, 2 cores (with HT turned on, so 4 cores): Host System: 2866 Single Core Score, 5939 Multi-Core Score Virtualized: 1 cpu, 1 core: 2783 sc…

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