MongoDB - Does WiredTiger benefit from virtual cpus cores the same way it does with physical cores?

According to https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/production-notes/#id5 The WiredTiger storage engine is multithreaded and can take advantage of additional CPU cores. We will be running mongoDB in a VMware vSphere enviroment and I am tasked with allocating resources. Does that statement hold true when it comes to virtual CPU cores? Thanks!