Hi,
Adding to Andre post, the following link should be helpful to understand the CPU scheduler http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere-CPU-Sched-Perf.pdf
Since we are going to be running CPU Intensive applications , Please asses the environment correctly and get a better understanding of the performance on virtualized Environment, http://www.intel.in/content/dam/doc/white-paper/virtualization-xeon-sap-and-vmware-virtualizing-resource-intensive-appli…
Avinash